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From: jeff@alberta.UUCP (Curt J. Sampson)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: IBM claim that 370 has "64 bit architecture"
Message-ID: <436@alberta.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 30-Mar-85 13:20:47 EST
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In article <669@mako.UUCP> jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) writes:
>What else could you expect from the company who started this micro "bit
>inflation" fad?  Does anyone remember the the short article (InfoWorld?) when
>some Intel VP "discovered" that their newly introduced 8 bit processor, the
>8088, was actually a 16 bit processor?  It seems they "discovered" this by
>reading an IBM PC ad in the WallStreet Journal!

Hmmm... Sounds just like the way people at Motorola discovered that their
16 bit 68000 was actually a 32 bit processer.  They read the Macintosh
ads.  Incidently, I consider the 8088 a 16 bit processer because it has
an address space larger than 64K and will do 16x16 bit multiplies and divides.
The 68000, though, won't do a 32x32 bit multiply...
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