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From: pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain)
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Subject: Re: 16 or 32 bits
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Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 16:17:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  2 16:17:09 1984
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Sure the 68000 has 16-bit bus interface/data paths/ALU. However,
this is the machine's "organization". What the programmer sees is a
32 bit machine, so it is a 32 bit "architecture", as opposed to the 8086,
which (I believe) has 16 bit registers. Some of the low end IBM 360/370's had
8-bit data paths. Are you going to call THEM 8-bitter's?
			-peter