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Re: The Apple II is crap

Subject: Re: The Apple II is crap
From: Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:32:23 +0200
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M. Pender wrote:

>>The only computer company to successfully make the transition from their
>>8-bit lines to their 16/32-bit lines, with any degree of compatibility
>>/at all/ was Acorn. And even then it was pretty kludged.
>>
> 
> 
> *ahem* and of course the IBM PC

Huh? The PC started out as (albeit crippled) 16-bit system from the very
beginning. Yes, the bus was 8-bit like, but the processor was internally
16 bit which made it easy to go for real 16 bit with the XT.

-- 

Linards Ticmanis

 The Master said, "The business of laying on the colors follows the
preparation of the plain ground."

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