On 15 Jun 2004 15:31:13 -0400, os2hardwarel{at}wpusa.dynip.com wrote:

> "B> i386 branch (put aside OS/2 for PowerPC). Worsened by the fact it is
>    ^^^^^
>          
>          I386 has nothing to do with OS/2 whatsoever---I386 is wincrapXP!

"i386" means Intel 80386 architecture. That's just a handy abbreviation.
Like the OS/2 kernel had 3 major code lines: i286, i386 and PowerPC, NT
at various times had i386, IA-64, Alpha, PowerPC, MIPS, and then some.




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