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-algor:		Algorithmics MIPS evaluation boards
-alpha:		Compaq Alpha
-amiga:		Commodore et. al. Amiga (m68k)
+algor:		Algorithmics MIPS evaluation boards (mips)
+alpha:		Compaq Alpha (alpha)
+amiga:		Commodore et al. Amiga (m68k)
 amigappc:	Phase 5 Amiga (powerpc)
-arc:		MIPS Advanced Risc Computing spec machines
-arm26:		Acorn Risc Machines Archimedes ARMv2 and ARMv2a
-arm32:		Acorn Risc Machines ARMv3 and Digital StrongArm machines
-atari:		Atari TT30, Falcon, and Hades
-bebox:		Be Inc, BeBox
-cats:		Chalise Technologies, CATS motherboard
-cesfic:  	FIC8234 VME processor board
-cobalt:		Cobalt Networks Microservers
-dnard:		Digital "Shark" DNARD machines
-dreamcast:	SEGA Dreamcast
-evbsh3:		Hitachi SuperHTM sh3 and sh4 boards
+arc:		MIPS Advanced Risc Computing spec machines (mips)
+arm26:		Acorn Risc Machines Archimedes ARMv2 and ARMv2a (arm)
+arm32:		Acorn Risc Machines ARMv3 and Digital StrongARM machines (arm)
+atari:		Atari TT30, Falcon, and Hades (m68k)
+bebox:		Be Inc. BeBox (powerpc)
+cats:		Chalice Technologies, CATS motherboard (arm)
+cesfic:  	FIC8234 VME processor board (m68k)
+cobalt:		Cobalt Networks Microservers (mips)
+dnard:		Digital "Shark" DNARD machines (arm)
+dreamcast:	SEGA Dreamcast (sh3)
+evbsh3:		Hitachi SuperHTM sh3 and sh4 boards (sh3)
 hp300:		Hewlett Packard 300 series machines (m68k)
-hpcarm:		Arm based handheld pc's
-hpcmips:	Mips based handheld pc's
-hpcsh:		Hitachi SuperHTM based handheld pc's
-i386:		Intel/AMD etc. x86 processor line
-luna68k:	LUNA product line of OMRON Tateishi Electric
+hpcarm:		ARM based handheld PCs (arm)
+hpcmips:	MIPS based handheld PCs (mips)
+hpcsh:		Hitachi SuperHTM based handheld PCs (sh3)
+i386:		Intel/AMD etc. x86 processor line (i386)
+luna68k:	LUNA product line of OMRON Tateishi Electric (m68k)
 mac68k:		Apple Macintosh (m68k)
 macppc:		Apple Macintosh (powerpc)
-mipsco:		MIPS Corp Magnum 3000 computers.
-mmeye:		Hitachi SuperHTM computer controlled camera
-mvme68k:	Motorola's single board VME based computers
-netwinder:	Strongarm based netwinder machines
+mipsco:		MIPS Corp Magnum 3000 computers (mips)
+mmeye:		Hitachi SuperHTM computer controlled camera (arm)
+mvme68k:	Motorola's single board VME based computers (m68k)
+netwinder:	StrongARM based netwinder machines (arm)
 news68k:	Sony's NET WORK STATION (m68k)
 newsmips:	Sony's NET WORK STATION (mips)
-next68k:	Next Computer's cubes and slabs
-ofppc:		Open Firmware based powerpc machines
-pc532:		NEC's 532 based processor machines
-pmax:		Digital MIPS based workstations
-prep:		Power PC Reference Platform machines
-sandpoint:	Motorola Sandpoint reference platform
-sgimips:	MIPS based Silicon Graphics workstations
-sparc:		Sun Sparc (sun4, sun4c, sun4m) 32 bit cpu machines
-sparc64:	Sun Sparc "Ultra" 64 bit cpu machines
-sun2:		Sun m68010 based machines
-sun3:		Sun m68k based machines
-vax:		Digital VAX machines
-walnut:		IBM's 405GP Reference Board
-x68k:		Sharp X68000, X68030
+next68k:	Next Computer's cubes and slabs (m68k)
+ofppc:		Open Firmware based PowerPC machines (powerpc)
+pc532:		National Semiconductor 532 based processor machines (pc532)
+pmax:		Digital MIPS based workstations (mips)
+prep:		PowerPC Reference Platform machines (powerpc)
+sandpoint:	Motorola Sandpoint reference platform (powerpc)
+sgimips:	MIPS based Silicon Graphics workstations (mips)
+sparc:		Sun Sparc (sun4, sun4c, sun4m) 32 bit cpu machines (sparc)
+sparc64:	Sun Sparc "Ultra" 64 bit cpu machines (sparc64)
+sun2:		Sun m68010 based machines (m68k)
+sun3:		Sun m680[23]0 based machines (m68k)
+vax:		Digital VAX machines (vax)
+walnut:		IBM's 405GP PowerePC Reference Board (powerpc)
+x68k:		Sharp X68000, X68030 (m68k)