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From: gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Nintendo
Message-ID: <1497@crash.cts.com>
Date: 14 Feb 90 12:36:25 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from cyliao@eng.umd.edu

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?

The 6502/65C02 IS an 8/16 bit chip, and I do not know about you, but thats
what I classify it as.

By the way, I messed up, the 68000 is only a 16/24 bit chip, I was off a bit
in my calculations (no pun intended).

Gary

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