From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 8 22:43:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.enteract.com (smtp-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7152537B405; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:43:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-2.enteract.com (shell-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.41]) by smtp-1.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDF96303; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 00:43:26 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 00:43:26 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt To: Greg Lehey Cc: Mike Meyer , , j mckitrick , Subject: Re: How did the MSFT monopoly start? In-Reply-To: <20010809130711.I73579@wantadilla.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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