Hell yes 32 bits - I can go into the Air NZ sys - El Al - British - South African - numerous South American airlines and quite a few others too and make bookings on AN flights - if they switch Merlin back on.
There really is no way to stop it unless you totally shut down "total access" which Sabre would be very reticent to do.
In the long run it would be very counter productive to make such a move as AN would eventually be a very good earner for them again.
One has to look beyond the envelope - as Chuck Yeager said - embrace the ughknown.
EWL