From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihnss!knudsen
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: What is a 16032?
Article-I.D.: ihnss.1457
Posted: Tue Feb 22 15:59:41 1983
Received: Wed Feb 23 03:35:35 1983
Reply-To: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP (Mike J Knudsen, ihnss!knudsen)

In his interesting speculations + help request the other day,
Pournelle mentioned that the war between 8086, 68000, (& I guess Z8000)
might be pre-empted by the "16032".  What the heck is that?
Is it made by National, or HP, or whom?
Is it just a joke (look closely at that number)?
If real, will it be able to overcome the software inertia/momentum
that the other machines will have built up by that time?
If not, can it run Smalltalk & fit in a briefcase?
Maybe it's a bit-slice family -- build a 40-bit version for BASIC
floating point, hey?
	mike k