Confusion on cores

[ed_crumbpacker]

Is there a particular place when all cores are listed and how they differ from each other?
From my under standing its something like this
Core
TinyCore
CorePlus
CorePure64
dCore
dCore 64
dCore Arm
Raspberry pi
MicroCore

Am I missing any?
Are just two 64s?
Will the 32's (TinyCore specifically) run on a 64 machine? (i'm assuming TinyCore is 32)
  (it boots on my dell 32 machine but not on my 64 toshiba's)
What is Pure and how does it differ from the rest?
Is there a 64 Tiny Core?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions

[Juanito]

Not counting the Debian releases there are:

Core
TinyCore
CorePlus
CorePure64
TinyCorePure64
piCore
piCore64

It is also possible to run a 64bit kernel with 32bit libraries using Core/piCore.

The 32bit releases will run on 64bit machines. The 64bit releases have “64” in their name and “pure” indicates that it is not 32/64bit multilib.

[CentralWare]

@ed_crumbpacker: Welcome to the forum!

ASSUMING things are still as they were back in the day...

CORE is the kernel, busybox and just the very basics/necessities - you then build onto TCL to suit your needs
TINYCORE was CORE plus a very "Tiny" (size/memory) desktop environment, but not too much of anything else - you build it!
PICORE is usually a TINYCORE-like environment, just intended for ARM based devices like Raspberry Pi
dCORE from my understanding is TINYCORE, but based off of Debian extensions.

MicroCore - I don't think that name has actually been used since version 2.x or 3.x but is actually on the home page if you scroll ALL the way down under "News" to 4.something or later I believe.  Think of my "CORE" definition above as today's MicroCore.

CORE and TINYCORE should be able to run on most 32 and 64 bit machines.
Anything "PURE" or specifically has "64" in its name is usually 64 bit only

(it boots on my dell 32 machine but not on my 64 toshiba's)

I'm guessing your Toshiba probably has UEFI (Secure Boot) turned on; if you disable UEFI you will likely be able to fire up TCL.

[ed_crumbpacker]

Got it...thanks
I'm sorting out the toshiba's later.
I've got it running on a Vaio 32-bit and it looks great.