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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: Challenge to Intel
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 23:43:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 23:43:12 1985
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The 386 machine which runs Xenix is based on a 286 system and as such,
has only a 16 bit data path. Kind of like plugging a 68020 into a MAC
and making it use its 16 bit bus mode.  Give them time to build a 32
bit system.  Two or three weeks is not an adequate amount of time.
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