From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 20 06:56:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA07277 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 06:56:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles309.castles.com [208.214.167.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA07167 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 06:54:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA00472 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 05:51:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805201251.FAA00472@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Original PC (was: talk (fwd)) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 May 1998 10:43:54 +0200." <199805200843.KAA20151@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 05:51:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On top of that, the 8088 was cheaper > > because it had 8 bit memory (remember that most chips in those days > > were single bit). > > There was also an 68000-8 with external 8 bit bus. Actually, the "68000-8" is an 8MHz 68000 in common nomenclature. You may mean the 68008 (which came later) or the 68070 (which is a Philips part). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message