Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: PJ
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 13:43

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>No they aren't.  You can't even compare these two processors.  The 68000
>has
>32-bit wide registers with a 32-bit ALU.  The address bus implemented
>24-bits of
>addressing (16MB) even though the address registers are 32-bit.  The
>68000 has been
>a 32 bit processor from the beginning.
>
>-Steve Bakke
>Computer Engineering
>University of Cincinnati

   Wait...  Wasn't the 68000 used in the "16-bit" Sega Genesis?

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 9 Aug 1995 13:43:49 GMT
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