Re: 64 Vs 32

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1987 02:34

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> What you would have would be a hybrid machine. One with a 32 bit cpu
> and a 64-bit memory bus. This would be fairly simple to build if you
> already have an outboard cache...

My recollection is that this is exactly what the Sun-3 "200 series" does.
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