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To: Rurudyne
I always thought Motorola built a better CPU than Intel did.

If I remember correctly the Amiga with the 68000 CPU was the first “PC” to run 32 bit code.

11 posted on 06/09/2020 12:52:10 PM PDT by amigatec (2 Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: amigatec

Yes. The 68000 had a 32-bit ALU with a 16-bit external memory bus.

It had been used for years in work stations before it appeared in the Lisa, and subsequently the Amiga, Mac, Atari ST and others.


14 posted on 06/09/2020 12:57:19 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: amigatec

The Commodore Amiga was the greatest computer ever made.

I’ve been using one in an FPGA-based system (check out the MiSTer project for more info if you are interested ... I’m a HW snob and need the precision of a hardware emulation (for lack of better terms)).

I would LOVE to have an original one, but I have enough retro-electronics :-).


21 posted on 06/09/2020 1:23:02 PM PDT by edh
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