Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!ims103 From: IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu (Ian Matthew Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Nintendo Message-ID: <90054.133937IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 23 Feb 90 18:39:37 GMT References: <2482@ttardis.UUCP> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 16 In article <2482@ttardis.UUCP>, rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson) says: >Sorry, gentlemen, but your both wrong. > >The 68000 is a 16/32 bit cpu because it has a 32 bit arithmatic/logic unit >and 32 bit internal data paths - but only a 16 data bus to the outside >world. > >- Ron Wilson Acuually the 68000 has 32 bit add and subtract but only 16 but multiplies and divides. The 68020 and '030 have full 32 bit multiplies and divides and the '040 has an 80 bit math co-processor with trig functions and everything. Yea! :-) (Can you tell I want an '040 to play with?) Ian Smith