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Subject: Re: Ataris At Work
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Date: Tue, 28-Oct-86 10:26:54 EST
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...Of course the IBM PC and XT are also 8-bit machines, though their
processor, like the 6809 of the Radio Shack Color Computer, provides some
support for 16-bit results.

The 68000 is a "true" 16-bit machine, with support for 32-bit results, as is
the 80286.

So it's no wonder the ST is more comparable to an AT than to a plain PC.

-John Sangster
jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa

(I really should post this on the IBM-PC-Lovers' net!)