Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

[korpela@ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric J. Korpela)]

In article <RBj57.24440$JN6.5063798@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>,
william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:
>"Eric J. Korpela" <korpela@ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu> wrote in message
>news:9j4g0r$2ccs$1@agate.berkeley.edu...
>> In article <6oj57.24435$JN6.5056871@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>,
>> william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:
>> >Then the 68000 is a 32 bit computer in  your words because it
>> >is internally 32 bits.
>>
>> Sorry, the registers might be 32 bit, but the ALU is 16 bits.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>
>The ALU is either two 16 bit ALU's or one 32 bit ALU.

Two 16 bit ALU's do not a 32 bit ALU make unless a 32 bit op
takes the same time as a 16 bit op.

Eric

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