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- From: dpn2@po.CWRU.Edu (Damien P. Neil)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 32bit versions of wb3 ??
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:06:55 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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- References: <1jmnp8INNfan@mercury.kingston.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.163819.25003@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.192225.9605@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <major-250193113516@130.102.116.110>
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- In article <major-250193113516@130.102.116.110> major@biosci.uq.oz.au (Viktor Major) writes:
- > Excuse me if I am wrong, but isn't the MC68000 32 bit wide inside with a
- >16 bit data path. As I understand it, the code for MC68000 IS a 32 bit
- >code.
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- This is correct. The 68000 has 32 bit large registers (D0-D7/A0-A7), with 32
- operations. (ADD.L D0,D1) Worrying about 32-bit code is an IBM-ism.
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- Case Western Reserve University I can do is a quick patch here and there."
- CMPS/EEAP double majoring masochist - Erik Green
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