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From: blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin)
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Subject: Re: 8-bit death (was Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"?)
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Date: 21 Apr 91 18:22:18 GMT
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>MS-DOS is an 8-bit operating system. As is MacOS (a VW Beetle with a great
>sound system).
>
Hmm.  Are you REAL sure about that.  I thought the MacOS was _always_ 16 bit
and will be 32 bit (on 32 bit machines) with 7.0.  It makes little sense to me
that Apple would write an 8 bit OS for a 16 bit machine (the Mac 128).  It
does make sense to me that IBM would write an 8 bit OS for an 8 bit machine
(the IBM XT).

I just pulled out a tech note on 7.0 and it does say that 7.0 will be a 32 bit
clean OS.  I'm not claiming to be an OS gura, but it seems to me that Apple
wouldn't lie to their developers.  I could be wrong though...