On 13/01/16 22:04, Jude DaShiell wrote: > It sure is, and Acer Aspire computers generally are cut down AMD Athelon > x64 clones. I proved this since I also have a real AMD K8 Athelon > computer vintage 1994 that is still running (how old does it have to get > before the Smithsonian Museum gets interested) and I have the distro > from http://talkingarch.tk/ installed on the K8 and the Aspire 5003. I > ran netctl's wifi-menu -o command to find local wifi connections with > both machines. The AMD K8 had no problems. The Acer Aspire returned an > error of no valid interface and this was with the same cable and wifi > adapter plugged into each machine.
1994? You sure about that? Pretty sure the Pentium was only a new chip with major heat problems and a dodgy floating point bug back then. I find it incredible that AMD were strutting their x86-64 stuff that long ago. Wikipedia seems to think they came out in 2003. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_K8 -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
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