Larry Hudson <org### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >
> >   Most people are also probably too young to remember the shift from
> > 16-bit systems to 32-bit systems in Intel-based computers and have never
> > experienced first-hand the speed difference between a 16-bit binary
> > compared to a 32-bit binary (if they do the same thing there's basically
> > no speed difference except when big amounts of memory are needed or if
> > 32-bit arithmetic is a very relevant part of the program's calculations).
> >
> I even remember the shift from 8 to 16 bit systems.   :-)
> I started with an Altair -- anybody remember them???
> 8080 processor running at 2Mhz.  It even started with a whopping 1K of
> memory!
>
>       -=- Larry -=-


calculator hiding some where. Now that my job does not depend on it like

goes fast enough.

Stephen

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