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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.nd.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.dfci.harvard.edu!camelot.ccs.neu.edu!camelot.ccs.neu.edu!albert From: albert@krakatoa.ccs.neu.edu (Albert Cahalan) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 27 Mar 1996 22:30:10 GMT Organization: Northeastern University, College of Computer Science Lines: 15 Message-ID: <ALBERT.96Mar27173010@krakatoa.ccs.neu.edu> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j8q0v$dm2@masala.cc.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: krakatoa.ccs.neu.edu In-reply-to: phys6k@menudo.uh.edu's message of 26 Mar 1996 13:04:31 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13941 comp.os.linux.development.system:20386 comp.os.linux.x:28174 comp.os.linux.hardware:35009 comp.os.linux.setup:48295 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:387 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2906 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2677 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16386 >>>>> "Y" == Yan-Song Chen <phys6k@menudo.uh.edu> writes: Y> Fortunately intel do not sell a CPU and keep its instruction set secret and Y> only release it under NDA. Everybody can only use M$ applications. And of Y> course that you can not disassemble, reverse engine,... M$ applications to Y> learn how to program the chip, since it is ILLEGAL. Intel requires you to sign an NDA to use the new instructions. Some have been discovered though, and are very useful. These instructions make code go faster and help profilers mostly. See http://www.x86.org/ for some of them. -- Albert Cahalan albert@ccs.neu.edu