Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:5936 comp.arch:3058 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch Subject: Re: Jerry Pournelle on UNIX (From BYTE) Message-ID: <17253@topaz.rutgers.edu> Date: 3 Jan 88 20:24:03 GMT References: <1495@osiris.UUCP> <4877@well.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 6 Keywords: dig dis ! Give him a break, he's just now coming around to 16 bits. One of his early pronouncements was that 16 bits would never catch on for personal computers. Eight bits was all the average user could deal with. -Ron