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At this point in time (meaning 2024) bits for computers are a word to indicate a culture rather than the technical merits of a computer.
by philistine 2y ago
At this point in time (meaning 2024) bits for computers are a word to indicate a culture rather than the technical merits of a computer.
- rsynnott 2y agoIn which case it’s definitely a 16 bit computer; it was just a cheap 8086 (the cheapness achieved through the memory bus), and it was part of the start of the 16 bit era. From the _user’s_ point of view it was basically a 16 bit computer.