On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Arfon Gryffydd wrote:
> >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.
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.
> 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.
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