Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!rutgers!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 680x0 vs 80x86 Message-ID: Date: 24 Jun 91 02:48:25 GMT References: <92@ryptyde.UUCP> <4671.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <105@ryptyde.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP's message of 23 Jun 91 21: 39:27 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws0.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <105@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes: Apple also did this with the original MacOS. Of course, this was in the day of 128K machines. But the transition has been rather smooth since Apple warned developers about 32-bitness back in 1986, so most programs are "32-bit clean". Yeah, the patches for LightSpeed C and Pascal will be shipping anytime now. :-). (Does this count? Are these major products? :-)) -Mike