chip compatibility

Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:24:55 -0800 (PST)

: > Jeff Fabijanic writes
: > : ... I have never encountered, nor have I ever heard of anyone
: > : who has encountered, a valid 680x0 (not 86xxx, btw) instruction
: > : that did not run correctly on a PPC chip (albeit in emulation).

: Anton Sherwood wrote:
: > For whatever it's worth, my old versions of Word (4) and Excel (3?)
: > bomb on my new PPC - illegal instruction. ...

Michael Lorrey asks
: The PPC is a 32 bit chip, no? What OS? I assume that your Word app is the
: Apple version, since Word was not made in a 4.0 version for Windows. ...

Nor, as far as I know, was it made in a 680x0 version for Windows. Hint.

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