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From: lee@fortune.UUCP (Ed Lee)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: 16k vs. 68k vs. 432
Message-ID: <2095@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Dec-83 13:24:37 EST
Article-I.D.: fortune.2095
Posted: Thu Dec 22 13:24:37 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 23-Dec-83 04:46:14 EST
Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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8086	was designed for old timers
68000	was designed for hardware engineers
16000	was designed for software engineers
432	was designed for the Dept. of Defense

Big blue came along and reversed the technological calendar.
8088 become state of the art and microprocessor technologies
stand still for several years.
 
  c  / 			Ed Lee
 C. /_.  	{amd70, ihnp4, harpo}!fortune!lee