[PLUG] 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 7 Sep 2020, Richard Owlett wrote:

> But what would I gain ;}

Current technologies and capabilities.

> That's part of why I was asking for a "reading list" to understand the 
> trade-offs.

There's nothing, as far as I know, that you gain by sticking with 32-bit and
don't have with 64-bits. Unless: this all is predicated on your system
board and CPU supporting 64-bit software. Some boards and processors don't
(the Dell Latitude 2100 is an example.)

> I'll put together a bootable flash drive with those as menu items to see
> which give the desired info and convenient presentation. That should keep
> me busy for a while.

Read the man pages, too.

> I get involved in situations where hardware manuals aren't immediately
> available. Thus desire to use software to probe a "black box".

I suspect that motherboard and cpu manuals for your systems are available
online.

Regards,

Rich