Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 00:43:26 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How did the MSFT monopoly start? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0108090040470.58215-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20010809130711.I73579@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Greg Lehey wrote: :On Wednesday, 8 August 2001 at 16:45:27 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: :> Are you sure the 68K would have needed 32 memory chips? I recall the :> 68K as having a 16 bit external bus, meaning it would only have needed :> 16. : :Hmm. You could have been right there. It was definitely 32 bits :internally, like the 8088 was 16 bits internally. Motorola weren't as :generous with their data books, so I can't check. The 68000 had a 16 bit data bus, with 32 bit registers. There also was an 8 bit bus version, called something like 68008 or 68000/8. I dont' know if it was ever really used; I don't recall a microcomputer that used it. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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