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From: doug@edge.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
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Subject: Re: Recent Motorola ad seen in Byte
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Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 12:56:14 EST
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> The design 
> decision that was made 9+ years ago was do we build a slow 32bit machine
> or a fast 16 bitter. Intel decided on the fast 16bit, Motorola went for
> the slow 32 bit.

I seem to recall Intel did design a slow (*very* slow) 32-bitter, the
iAPX432.  I would suggest that it was not an Intel decision to concentrate
on 16-bit CPUs, but rather the scandalous failure of the '432 that led to
Intel being thought of as a "manufacturer of 16-bit CPUs".

-- Doug Pardee -- Edge Computer Corp. -- Scottsdale, Arizona