Re: A89: number of bits in the 68k :)

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Subject: Re: A89: number of bits in the 68k :)
From: Jimmy =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5rdell?= <yarin@acc.umu.se>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:05:52 +0100
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At 15:31 1998-11-23 +0100, you wrote:
>
>It is certainly not 8bit.  you can easily see that on the instructions
>available..  the 68k is some weird mix of 16 and 32bit architechture so noone
>really knows if its 16 or 32 bit :)  the fans say 32bit and the other say
16bit
>:)

The archtechture is 16 bit, but the registers are 32 bit. An opcode is always
16 bits (that's why assembly instructions have to be on even addresses).

>8bit is completely wrong :)

Yes, but 8 bit still rules :)

"8 bits ought to be enough for anyone" // Jimmy Mårdell

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Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply

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A89: number of bits in the 68k :)

From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>