Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 8-bit death (was Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"?) Message-ID: <1139@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 22 Apr 91 08:23:05 GMT References: <5967@mcrware.UUCP> <1991Apr15.020525.26370@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <16928@chopin.udel.edu> Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 15 In article kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes: > >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. But if you stress this argument, then the Amiga (also the A500) is even a 32-bit system! The 68000 processor does most of its internal computation in 32 bits, only has a 16-bit bus the outer world. (Ok, address space is only 24 bits, but don't be too picky :-) -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk