Dear all,

Most of the webpages I found was written in Chinese, but now I found a
German webpage
and an Australian webpage:
http://www.idealo.de/suchen/3020-pc-systeme-amd-sempron-2600-64bit.html
http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-15536-216788.html
But these do not prove that I have a 64bit Semperon.
The strongest proof is from Troy: I did install SL x86_64 on it
successfully.
I did not know that SL x86_64 does not work on 32bit AMD CPUs. 8)

Right now, I myself think that it is indeed the network speed problem
like Troy said.
tkcvs is slow when the network is slow because when they show the
contents of a directory
(they need to show the content of my home directory when starting up)
they check the CVS repository to confirm the status of the CVS
controlled files/directories.
Well this is understandable, but ideally all the other widgets like
buttons, menu and arts
should come out first, and only the contents of the directory come out late.
In the case of tkcvs, all the widgets came out very slowly.:

Best regards,
Kuo Kan Liang

>Robert Boehm wrote:
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>>Ioannis Vranos wrote:
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>>>Ioannis Vranos wrote:
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>>>>May you provide a link? As far as I can tell, it is not mentioned in their 64-bit page:
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>>>>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9331,00.html
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>>>>In case you have 32-bit CPU, you should install the 32-bit version of SL.
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>>>There is a review of the CPU here:
>>>http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron-2600.html
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>>>Some excerpts:
>>>
>>>Page 1: "without changing the platform, this CPU can be anytime replaced with a
>>>high-performance Athlon 64 processor with a rating up to 3700+. Upgradeability is a
>>>definite plus of any platform."
>>>
>>>Page 2: "The main distinguishing trait of the new Semprons for Socket 754 is that they are
>>>all based on the new core, called Palermo. The Palermo is a derivative from the Winchester
>>>core, with a reduced L2 cache and *disabled AMD64 technology*."
>>>
>>>"The Semprons *don’t also support the 64-bit extensions*, but do support the NX bit."
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>>We just crossed....I'll look at that page.  OK, that makes sense...but
>>it still doesn't explain the "operating modes" on the page that I just
>>sent to you!!!
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>>Well..I personally think it would be safer for Kou to install the
>>32 bit version for now and see if all works normally...and take
>>this up with his supplier that sold him the unit to find out
>>exactly what is up...
>>
>>Bob
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>Howdy Ho,
>Just putting my 2 cents in.
>Here at Fermilab we have a Sempron 64 chip (Sempron 2600+).
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>What was the ultimate test to determine it was 64 bit?  We tried to
>install S.L. 4.1 x86_64.  It would NOT install on a 32 bit Sempron, it
>would install on a Sempron 64.
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