[Info-vax] OpenVMS I64 on IA-64, and x86-64 nomenclature history (was: Re: VMware)

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <qsu9cb$vkj$2 at tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net>,
Grant Taylor  <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>On 12/12/19 12:23 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition requires an Itanium,
>
>Um ... I disagree.  I'm about 98% certain that there is a 64-bit version 
>of Windows XP that runs on 64-bit x86 / x86_64 / x64 / AMD64.

Yes, but that is called Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition is the Itanium version.

>There /may/ be an Itanium (IA64) version of XP, I'm just not aware of it.

Yes, it's called Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, and it's actually kind of a
different fork of XP and wasn't marketed the same way.
--scott
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