Re: The Apple II is crap

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Scott Alfter wrote:
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> In article <GrF_a.10410$v9.2936@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>,
> M. Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > Richard Kilpatrick <richard@dmc12.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:B5gosYDcmVO$EwmO@dmc12.demon.co.uk...
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> > > 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
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> The IBM PC was never an 8-bit machine.  It had an 8-bit expansion bus, but
> the 8088 was a 16-bit processor with an 8-bit data bus (like the 65816).
> Later processors with a bus width less than the machine word size were the
> 386SX and 486SLC, which were 32-bit processors with 16-bit data buses.

You're right about the 386Sx, butI'm nto so sure about the 486SLC. My 
memory isn't too clear, but I thought the 486SLC was merely an enhanced 
386DX.

Roy

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