>were they thinking multiprocessor uses? were there any? "asymmetric multiprocessing" i guess it'd have to have been. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8089

>were they thinking multiprocessor uses? were there any? "asymmetric multiprocessing" i guess it'd have to have been. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8089 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8089 As for pin count, google around a bit and find out how much trouble the relaxed attitude to pin count caused for Motorola. The 68K paid dearly for its many pins.