[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

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On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:23:24 -0400
David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> It's not the CPU chips.  It's the other chips on the motherboard that 
> can need custom drivers.

> Buy an Asus motherboard that supports AMD CPUs, and you'll get an 
> optical disk with custom drivers.  Video.  Ethernet.  Etc.

Well you're talking about Windows. Miraculously everything else that runs on
Intel or AMD crapware on any motherboard you care to name (as long as it is
supported) from Solaris to OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Linux, ad nauseum,
all work perfectly fine without a driver disk from the mobo manufacturer.

Most of the plugin cards for NICs and Fiber will work with any server
architecture. That's what common busses are all about. You seldom need
special drivers for anything but Windows.

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