Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 8-bit death (was Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"?) Message-ID: <1991Apr26.221203.24816@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 26 Apr 91 22:12:03 GMT References: <1991Apr21.152513.23054@sugar.hackercorp.com> <02J7020m07rC01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <2584.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 13 In article <2584.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes: > I'm sure there must be real microcomputer 16-bit OSs that > so far outpower MS-DOS that it would be an insult to them to be > considered in the same general class just because of the bit-width > they happen to care most about. There are 8-bit micro OSes that do that: MP/M, OS/9, ... Just because it's an 8-bit micro doesn't mean you have to put up with an 8-bit O/S. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .