Can an adapter be developed so that old PCs could be fitted with 2 processors, without changing the software?
The OS will see that the processor is only one, running at certain speed. The processor would have to be identical, for sure. The parallel processing capability should be transparent to the OS, so that old software does not need to be rewritten to harness the power. I dont think this idea is different from the dual-core idea.
Can it extend the life of old PC, like the one that I have (Pentium III 450)?
Few month ago, Microsoft released Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) language pack for Windows XP and Office 2003, a clear fight against Open Source in Malaysia after they saw we do some demonstration of Red Hat, GNOME, KDE, Abiword, Nano, OpenOffice and others in Malay language during LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003.
We used the local language support fact to persuade our government to use Open Source. Now, Microsoft feel the heat and tried to pursue the same path as ours!
Shame to them! They are really a cheap imitator.;)
Me - Fedora, Mandrake, Nano and Abiword translator
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I've tried browsing their FTP server, but cannot find any source code for the kernel. Are they closing the source to a GPL software?
Can an adapter be developed so that old PCs could be fitted with 2 processors, without changing the software?
The OS will see that the processor is only one, running at certain speed. The processor would have to be identical, for sure. The parallel processing capability should be transparent to the OS, so that old software does not need to be rewritten to harness the power. I dont think this idea is different from the dual-core idea.
Can it extend the life of old PC, like the one that I have (Pentium III 450)?
We used the local language support fact to persuade our government to use Open Source. Now, Microsoft feel the heat and tried to pursue the same path as ours!
Shame to them! They are really a cheap imitator. ;)
Me - Fedora, Mandrake, Nano and Abiword translator