7 Dec
2024
7 Dec
'24
12:33 a.m.
According to Al Kossow <aek(a)bitsavers.org>:
On 12/6/24 8:38 AM, Arthur Krewat wrote:
That was oddly shortsighted of IBM. Was it 16 bits is enough
for anything you'd do on your desktop, or 32 bits is too close
to competing with our big machines?
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/his was before IBM came on board/
and IBM had no interest in the 386 at the time, which set the
wheels in motion for Gates to acquire Cutler and DECwest