Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 8-bit death (was Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"?) Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 15:50:20 GMT References: <5967@mcrware.UUCP> <1991Apr15.020525.26370@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <16928@chopin.udel.edu> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 24 In article <16928@chopin.udel.edu> don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) writes: - stuff deleted - > CBM sold something in the neighborhood of 750,000 C64's last year. That's >certainly not a thriving market, but it's far from a dead one. James Dionne, >CBM's president (in the U.S.), said at the World of Amiga show not long ago >that the 64 is "A machine that just won't die." > Tell the millions of XT-clone users out there that the 8-bit market is dead. >(Actually, IMHO, even a fast 486 qualifies as an 8-bit machine when it's >running MS-DOS :-).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MS-DOS IS a 16 bit OS not eight bit. THe 8088 IS a 16 bit cpu with an 8 bit data bus. The 386sx is to the 386dx as a 8088 is to an 8086. That is 16 bits vs 32 bits and 8 bits vs 16 bits. Now tell me that a 386sx is a 16 bit cpu. Kent -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */