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From: cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao)
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Subject: Re: Nintendo
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Date: 13 Feb 90 01:46:29 GMT
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In article <1459@crash.cts.com> gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from yu-r@yacht.cis.ohio-state.edu
>
>> Actualy, the 68000 is a 16-bit processor,  and the 68020 and above are
>> 32-bit.  the 68000 are found on the Mac+, the oldest mac model available 
>> which is a 16-bit machine..
>
>Well, if you want to get technical, a 68000 is a 16/32 bit CPU.  It has a
>16bit data bus, and a 32bit address bus.
>
>Gary

 	Uh...excuse me, if you  you say it has  is 16/32 bit CPU thenthe  
6502 or 65c02 should be 8/16 bits because 6502/65c02 has 8 bit data line
and 16 bit address bus if I am not wrong. But we dont say it is 8/16 bits
processor, do we?


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