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Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???

Subject: Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
From: hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu (Dr. Richard E. Hawkins)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:39:25 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit
Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing
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In article <pan.2003.08.15.13.46.37.400074@REMOVESPAMhotmail.comKILLER>,
paul s  <paulslinux@REMOVESPAMhotmail.comKILLER> wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:31:02 +0200, Anders Carlsson wrote:

>> In an attempt to bring this somewhat on-topic again; which computer,
>> chip or peripheral do you nominate as the most "castrated"? I don't
>> quite know, but my first thought is the 68008.

>Intel's 386sx would also come under that catagory, 32bit processor
>castrated with a 16bit data-bus.

Same for the 8088.  But a better example of castration would be the
486sx, in which the FPU was present but disabled (possibly because it
failed thhe test as a regular 486, possibly deliberately; it varied from
chip to chip).

hawk
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References:
- Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
  - From: darmzunge@yahoo.de (Lord Teviolus)
- Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
  - From: hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu (Dr. Richard E. Hawkins)
- Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
  - From: Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se>
- Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???
  - From: paul s <paulslinux@REMOVESPAMhotmail.comKILLER>

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