Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!unc-c!rrm From: rrm@unc-c.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Mac: 16 or 32 bit? Message-ID: <1239@unc-c.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 10:42:41 EST Article-I.D.: unc-c.1239 Posted: Tue Feb 7 10:42:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 00:58:29 EST Lines: 13 The M68000 is indeed a 16-bit microprocessor. I would assume that the Macintosh is called a 32-bit machine because of its data path. It could be more correctly identified as a 16/32 machine, similar to the IBM PC designation of 8/16 (8-bit M6800 microprocessor / 16-bit data path). The differences are usually invisible to the user. -- rrm -- decvax/duke/mcnc/unc-c/rrm