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I may be wrong, but I did not think that Atari ever made a 16 bit machine, the ST is technically a 32 bit machine. I realise that the bus is only 16 bit and that each block of data is split in two and re-assembled at the other end (making it 32 bit), if you also look at the programming of the ST the registers are 32 bit and consequently so is the 68000 processor (that should probably be the other way around but the point is the same).
When Sinclair released the QL it was 68000 based and sent out as a 32 bit machine (it split the bus into 8 bits I think), I must admit I do not really know what identifies a computers "bit" rating of a machine.
Does any one else have a view on this or point to make (or does it really not mater any more)?
Elliot...
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