Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!broehl
From: broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
Subject: Re: What knis of PC is it?
Message-ID: <1990Jul24.141227.6864@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <8518@ur-cc.UUCP> <1990Jul20.190056.7132@cs.utk.edu> <7654@uudell.dell.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 90 14:12:27 GMT
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It would be very nice if the chip manufacturers (Intel, in particular) were
to add a "get cpu type" code to their instruction set.*instruction*.
(There was some talk a while back of adding a "get serial number" instruction).

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