Andrew Belov wrote:

> 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.

Further, Linux uses the "i386" notation on it's packages to indicate 
that the package is for the Intel platform, vs PPC or Alpha.

Craig.



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