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68k was nicer than a pdp-11 because it had 32-bit addressing. Edit: well, 24-bit physically, but flat linear address space and an instruction set that permitte
by dboreham 4y ago
68k was nicer than a pdp-11 because it had 32-bit addressing.
Edit: well, 24-bit physically, but flat linear address space and an instruction set that permitted 32-bit addressing.
- jandrese 4y agoYes, and that "Only 24 bits of the 32 bit word are used" thing came back to bite Apple hard when the "32 bits for real" 68020 came out and the funny tricks they were pulling with the top 8 bits confused the processor.