[noobermin]

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying and how it is a refutation. The line you pulled was in fact his argument for why memory addressing is an important qualifier for his definition and bit-length of registers is insufficient in his mind. The line is from where he argues that even though the 68k is considered a 16bit machine due to how the ALU works, it can address 24bit addresses, making it closer to a "real" computer by his definition. I'd reckon he'd say (as he did :) ) that the 6502 isn't a "real" computer because it can only address 64K of memory.

I think "modern" computing is a better term than "real" computing for what he means, but it's merely presumptuous of a definition, it's nowhere as extreme as calling a table a chair. I'd suggest not letting a definition poison your mind too much as the post is interesting if you can get past the tone.