Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 22:05

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In article <1992Dec23.144535.11341@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:

>  The truth is that Mac applications are 32 bit, and DOS applications
>are 16 bit. A comparison of UNIX 32 bit applications would be more
>correct, if they were just comparing the processors.

Well, if this is so, how do the apps run on Mac Pluses? And why is 
32 bit adressing an option under System 7? 

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