Re: ZipGS 12MHz on ROM 01?

[wezamg@iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au (George Zamroz)]

In article <1994May2.011402.1568@labtam.labtam.oz.au>, philip@labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) writes:
> Critical Mass writes:
> 
>>How is it a simplified version of a 16-bit computer?  In native mode, it uses
>>a 16-bit accumulator, 16-bit registers, and a 16-bit stack.  Which among those
>>suggests a less than 16-bit architechture?
> 
>   Well, if we want to get nit-picky, it also needs to have a 16-bit bus in
> order to be called a 16-bit processor.  But hey, when it only adds an extra
> cycle per instruction to fetch 16-bits, who cares? :-)

I always thought the 65816 was classed as an 8/16 bit processor. 8-bit data
bus, with 16-bit registers. Much in the same way a 68000 is a 16/32 bit chip.
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