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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: USSEnterprise on July 22, 2005, 05:19:59 am
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Are Xeon processors considered a form of x86 processor? Just wondering because I want to be able to run FreeDOS on my MAME PC (which will also act as a server ;)), but I don't know if DOS will work on a Xeon
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Are Xeon processors considered a form of x86 processor? Just wondering because I want to be able to run FreeDOS on my MAME PC (which will also act as a server ;)), but I don't know if DOS will work on a Xeon
Yes, it will.
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The more technical answer:
Xeons have existed since the PII cores, being marketed as Intel's server and high-end workstattion CPUs for x86 users. All a Xeon is is a high cache and SMP-able (ie: 2 or more CPUs) version of the equivalent "Pentium" desktop branded CPU.
So find out what core the Xeon is based on (ie: PII, PIII, or P4) and for emulation and OS purposes you can safely consider it a high-cache equivalent of the desktop chip. All software will work fine, as these are just x86 processors with a fancy name.
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ok, good. Thanks
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Keep in mind, though, that I don't believe DOS can take advantage of dual processors. And in the off-chance that a newer version like FreeDOS32 can, then I can promise you that MAME doesn't. It'll still work, but you won't be utilizing the second processor (if there is one). The second processor will just sit there doing nothing.
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I'm gonna be dual, or maybe triple booting, with Windows 2000 or Fedora Core 3, which both take advantage of Dual processor. And for all we know, a version of MAME that takes advantage of Dual Processors may make its appearence someday.