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- From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:22:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <BznrM3.CzD@NeoSoft.com>
- References: <1992Dec21.032333.29604@utstat.toronto.edu> <1992Dec21.175003.22727@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.175003.22727@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
- > Philip McDunnough (philip@utstat.toronto.edu) wrote:
- > : The biggest hype around surrounds all these 486's and their fast
- > : hard drives, which for the most part are still running 8 bit software and
- > : can't figure out which interrupts are taken.
-
- > Interesting statement, Philip. The original PC had an 8088 CPU. How does
- > one write 8-bit software for a 16-bit (internal) CPU?
-
- Well, when you're working with a programming model based on the 8080 with
- the addition of segment registers it's easy to get confused. Yes, the 8088
- was every bit as 16-bit as a low-end PDP-11.
-
- But still, I'd rather have a 68040 running 32-bit software (by your logic, the
- 68000 is 32-bit) to a 80486 running 16-bit software.
- --
- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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