[ale] multi tasking question

[vernard at cc.gatech.edu (Vernard Martin)]

On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 10:11, Stephen Turner wrote:
> hey i read somewhere that 486's cant multi task but pentiums could, that
> it starts with pentiums on up, now if linux is optimized for a 386 or 486
> does it still take advantage of multi tasking pentiums? or does it even apply?

The information that you read is incorrect. It is possibly for an OS to
multi-task on a 386 and higher.

Vernard
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