Re: The Apple II is crap

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <20030814132055.14640.00002343@mb-m02.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
 
>> 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.
> 
> And then it took it over a decade to "sideslip" into 32-bit mode after
> Win95.  A small matter of software inertia.
 
Well of course you should choose the _right_ software!  I ran my
386 PC in 32-bit mode some years before Win95 even was released.
How?  I ran Linux on it....
 
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