Re: Macintosh LC...need info on this =) TIA

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <3a2b2149@naylor.cs.rmit.edu.au>,
Matt Jenkins  <mdj@bilby.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
}Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
}> frankc wrote:
}
}>> I think to keep in the spirit of early Apple machines maybe we should
}>> service the needs of users of older Macs.  I do not own any newer Macs,
}>> but I do own some of the older 8/16 bits versions (Is the 68000 8-bit?)
}
}> The 68000 is generally rated as a 16/32 bit chip (kinda like the 8088 was an
}> 8/16 bit chip)
}
}I think you mean 32/24 bit chip. The 68000 has real 32 bit instructions, real 32 bit

}registers, etc. It is indeed a 32 bit processor. The only 'problem' is that the address
}bus of the thing can only use 24 bits to address memory, and hence you're limited to
}16mb of ram on a 68k.

The 68000 has only a 16 bit external data bus.  Hence 16/32.  The
address bus wasn't considered.  (the 68008 had an 8 bit external data bus!)
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