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ia32 port
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        HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
        o IA-32 processor (Pentium and successors)

        COMPILER REQUIREMENTS
        o binutils 2.15 and gcc 3.3.5
        o older versions may do as well, but are now obsoleted

        SMP COMPATIBILITY
        o Bochs 2.0.2 - Bochs 2.2
                o 2x-8x 686 CPU
        o Simics 2.0.28 - Simics 2.2.14
                o 2x-4x Pentium 4 CPU
        o ASUS P/I-P65UP5 + ASUS C-P55T2D REV. 1.41
                o 2x 200Mhz Pentium CPU
    
        EMULATORS AND VIRTUALIZERS
        o Bochs 2.0.2 - Bochs 2.2
        o VMware Workstation 4, VMware Workstation 5


mips port
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        HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
        o no real hardware supported
        o msim emulated MIPS R4000 CPU (see mips) 

        COMPILER REQUIREMENTS
        o mips binutils 2.16 and gcc 4.0.1 cross compiler
        o older versions may do as well, but are now obsoleted

        EMULATORS AND VIRTUALIZERS
        o msim

ia64 port
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        HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
        o no real hardware supported

        EMULATORS AND VIRTUALIZERS
        o ski
        
        COMPILER REQUIREMENTS
        o IA-64 binutils 2.15 and gcc 4.0.0 cross compiler
        o older versions may do as well, but are now obsoleted