24 Oct
1998
24 Oct
'98
4:47 a.m.
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Arfon Gryffydd wrote:
I agree with Arfon on this one. But the problem is, how wide is wide?
Even 128 bits will be obsolete in 5 years. Do you know the kind of data
we'll be pulling off the internet by then? Voice, stero audio, video (all
2,048 Cable TV channels), not to mention whatever graphics and data.
Just tell me
why ? Because it has been the tame with old
8 Bit uPs ? Come on thats just the stupid 'thats the way
it always has been' idea. Address bus shuld be a) as wide
as needed and b) if possible not exeeding the Size of the
basic data unit.
Again I say, You are not thinking about the future! "As wide as needed"...
Is a very NOW statement. Micro$oft/PC BIOS..... It doesn't matter! the
point was that someone said
"640K is more than enough for anyone" and we all got bit by it.
Yep. Short-sightedness (and history) is seemingly repeating on this list.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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