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Old January 18th 09, 11:08 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Mark Hobley[_2_]
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Does anyone know where I can download the programming manuals for the
older x86 series of processors. I know that more current versions are available
from Intel in portable document format, but I would like some similar
documentation for the older processors, such as the 80486, the Pentium 75 and
the Pentium 120.

Also, do AMD or Cyrix have similar reference documentation for their
processors? I am specifically interested in programming manuals relating
to the Cyrix 686, AMD K5 and AMD K6 series processors.

Mark.

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Old January 20th 09, 08:17 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
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Default Documentation for older x86 processors

Mark Hobley wrote:

Does anyone know where I can download the programming manuals for the
older x86 series of processors. I know that more current versions are available
from Intel in portable document format, but I would like some similar
documentation for the older processors, such as the 80486, the Pentium 75 and
the Pentium 120.

Also, do AMD or Cyrix have similar reference documentation for their
processors? I am specifically interested in programming manuals relating
to the Cyrix 686, AMD K5 and AMD K6 series processors.


www.sandpile.org

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Old January 20th 09, 10:08 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Mark Hobley[_2_]
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Default Documentation for older x86 processors

chrisv wrote:
www.sandpile.org


Hmmm, that looked a useful site. Unfortunately its document links are
all dead. Maybe I can locate the files using a search engine on the
linked filenames.

Cheers,

Mark.

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Old January 20th 09, 10:57 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Franc Zabkar
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Default Documentation for older x86 processors

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:08:10 GMT,
(Mark Hobley) put finger to
keyboard and composed:

chrisv wrote:
www.sandpile.org

Hmmm, that looked a useful site. Unfortunately its document links are
all dead. Maybe I can locate the files using a search engine on the
linked filenames.

Cheers,

Mark.


This site may have the datasheets you need:
http://www.datasheetarchive.com

I also have AMD data CDs from that era. If you can't file a particular
document, drop me a line via email.

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Old February 8th 09, 10:07 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Mark Hobley[_2_]
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Default Documentation for older x86 processors

Franc Zabkar wrote:
This site may have the datasheets you need:
http://www.datasheetarchive.com


I managed to find some stuff on Wikipedia, but I don't know how accurate
it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_instruction_listings

I still have queries though:

The instructions bswap,cmpxchg,invd,invlpg,wbinvd,xadd

Do they exist on the AMD K5 and AMD K6?
What about on the Cyrix 686?

And the Pentium instructions: cmpxchg8b, rdmsr, rdtsc, wrmsr ...

Do they exist on the AMD K5 and AMD K6?
What about on the Cyrix 686?

Mark.

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