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Re: Re: FSF won't help Apple (Re: Newsgroups closed)

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From: Jacob Gore
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1991 23:28
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/ gnu.misc.discuss / mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Mike Jones) /Aug 1'91/
> Sure, the PC could have had a 68000 (I wish it had
> myself, in fact), but a look at the relative cost of (8088+8-bit
> peripherals) vs. (68000+16-bit peripherals) should shed some light on
> another, less conspiratorial, basis for the hardware choice.

What does the width of the CPU external data bus have to do with the width
of peripheral buses???

Maybe you can explain...  I heard this the first time when working at IBM
eight years ago, and I still don't get it.

Or is the 3090 really an 8-bit machine, so it can work with EBCDIC
terminals?

Jacob
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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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Subject: Re: Re: FSF won't help Apple (Re: Newsgroups closed)
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