Linards Ticmanis wrote:
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 PCHuh? 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.
The only thing "16 bit" about the PC OR the XT was the internals of the 8088.
XT was no more 16 bit than the PC. AT was 16 bit, including the 16 bit AT version of the ISA bus. Roy
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