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From: tbd@neuro (Tristan Davies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac LC info
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Date: 26 Jun 91 12:44:33 GMT
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In article <13375@uwm.edu>, pretzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel L Premetz) writes:
> I'm presently looking at a 2Mb Mac LC with VRAM upgrade and extended keyboard.
> I'd like to purchase it before school starts up in September, but before I do
> so I need many questions answered.  Answer as many questions as you want.  Any
> and all help will be appreciated.
> 
>
> 2.)  The LC is listed as having a 16MHz, 32-bit CPU.  32-bit what?  Data
> bus?  Address bus?  Is this thing more like a MSDOS 286, 386SX, or 386DX?
>

I have seen a lot of answers to this question, but I'm not sure the question
has really been answered.  Is it possible to compare the power of an LC to
the power of one of the IBMs?  If so, where does the LC (or any other Mac,
for that matter) rank in the IBM hierarchy? Is it like an AT? PS/2? '386?
Since I have an LC and several of my friends have IBMs (yes, they're still
my friends(^: ), I'm quite curious.

To save the Net, you may e-mail responses if you like.  Thanks!

Tristan Davies
tbd@neuro.duke.edu