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From: stuart@ihlpf.UUCP (Ericson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: 68040
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Date: Wed, 11-Jun-86 13:20:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 11 13:20:45 1986
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> 
> 	128 bit internal busses are not likely for high level assembly.
> It is more reasonable for low level microcode (maybe they were talking about
> microcode in wherever_you_got_the_gossip_from)
> 
> 					-Matt

I don't know where he got the info, but I saw such a piece
of rumor in a recent "EE Times".  It said 32-bit external
and 128-bit internal.  I'm pretty suret that they said
that the registers were going to be 128 bits wide.

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