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From: rrm@unc-c.UUCP
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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
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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.

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