[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mailman.11.1433250418.18905.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
	<lists at openmailbox.org> writes:
> On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:21:08 -0400
> David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 
>> Since I touched on AMD surviving, I have to ask, if they cannot survive 
>> against Intel, then where is some entity going to come from that might 
>> provide an alternative to Intel?  Huh?
> 
> Why can't they survive against Intel? AMD is ahead of Intel in technology
> across the board and deliver better value. They have financial issues,
> perhaps with their management, and that should be able to be overcome.
> 
>> In the interest of not being another nail in the AMD coffin, I think it 
>> would be good for VSI to at least have code that supports at least one 
>> AMD configuration.
> 
> It's unusual but not unheard of for code not to run on both companies'
> chips. Certainly it is easy enough to avoid incompatabilities.

One can always go out of their way to write bad code.  Anyone here remember
the "undocumented" Z80 instructions.  Heck, I recently tried to install a
printer driver for a current technology HP Laserjet on an HP Laptop running
Windows 7 only to be greeted with the message "This is not a compatable
processor" during the install.

bill
 

-- 
Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>