8 bit vs other Computers.

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sun Nov 24 17:42:01 2002

Tony Duell wrote:

>For a real word processing you need 80x24 upper/lower case display,

> This would take 2K of memory space (if memory-mapped), and therefore
> could easily be accommodated by an 8 bit processor.

But 80 x 24 display cards are hard to find, but a 80x24? terminal
most likely would be used? I wonder if you can get a nice OS/9
machine still?

>>full keyboard (compared to the membrane keyboards of some computers)
> That has _nothing_ to do with the processor bus width!

But 99% of all 8 bit machines in the 1980's were marketed as
game machines.

>
> Heving driven Daisywheel printers and a Sanders 12/7 Varioprinter (a
> multi-pass dot-matrix printer that could do _very_ near letter quality
> output) from 8 bit machines, I don't see the problem either.

I never had the money for a good printer at that time.

>
Received on Sun Nov 24 2002 - 17:42:01 GMT