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Subject: Re: 64-bit compile and win32

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:05:56 09/10/04

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On September 10, 2004 at 04:22:00, martin fierz wrote:

>aloha!
>
>i just got myself an AMD64, and although it's a nice machine and all, and my
>chess&checkers programs are running faster than ever before, i would like to get
>all out of it that i can.
>
>question: can i compile my chess bitboard program specifically for the AMD64
>(with GCC - anything else?), and have that run under a normal windows 2K
>professional? or would this necessitate a 64-bit OS?
>
>cheers
>  martin


No.  As the processor has to be run in 64 bit mode and windows won't do that
unless you download the beta version they are testing...



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