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From: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: My previous flame (what's after 16 bits)
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 16:16:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 16:16:22 1987
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In article <8708050312.aa01309@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> EWING@YALEVM.BITNET (Rick Ewing) writes:
>We stand at an interesting crossroads in the history of the Apple ][ family.
>As we slowly walk away from the 8 bit world and head for 16 bit architecture,
>we need this group more than ever the faace the difficult new problems ahead,
>and rejoice together in a new software triumph that makes our lives just a
>little bit easier
Well, I hope the 16->32 bit transition goes smoothly as well.
If Apple is serious about 'Apple ][ forever' they should give is 32 bits.
If not the WDC 65832, then perhaps some nifty hybrid chip that supports
6502/65816 and 680N0 code at the same time.  Make good use of that Cray!
(65832 is to the 65816 as 80386 is to the 8088.)


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