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[Bill Loguidice]

"Bitness" it always a tough one because it's not necessarily logically
exclusive to the processor, but how the whole system performs, i.e., what
type of bottlenecks are present/what the data path is like. The TI-99/4 and
TI-99/4a were both technically 16-bit, as was the Mattel Intellivision. I
would think though all things considered they'd be put in comfortably with
the 8-bit class of systems. The Turbo-Grafx/16 on the other hand is 8-bit,
but could be put into the 16-bit class based on some of its comparitive
performance factors. Are the Amiga and ST 32-bit or 16-bit? Is the Atari
Jaguar 64-bit or 32-bit? Etc. When it's not quite so clear cut, it's open
up to debate.

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> I always wondered why the CoCo is referred to as an 8-bit machine,
> whereas the original IBM PC, which also had an 8-bit bus and 16-bit
> registers, was consistently referred to as a 16-bit machine.
>
> Art
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)
> <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > But for what you use your old 8-bit today? not for making your resume,
> not
> > for making your tax account or reading emails. We use just for fun, and
> > being fun, is an attractive for young people.
> >
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