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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: byte order: be reasonable - do it my way...
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Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 10:49:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 10:49:24 1987
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Summary: 68008 little-endian?
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The 68000 is big-endian, as is the 68020.

Recently I saw the suggestion that the 68008 is little-endian,
except when fetching opcodes.  Could this be true?

If so, does anyone have any idea how many changes would be required
to programs and an OS to make them work on both processors?  It
boggles my mind...
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	Joel West			     MCI Mail: 282-8879
	Western Software Technology, POB 2733, Vista, CA  92083
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