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bonzinilast Thursday at 1:32 AM1 replyview on HN

The Amiga was loudly marketed as having a 32-bit CPU though (the Atari ST a lot less so, for whatever reason).

Having a 16-bit ALU in theory would make the 9900 a 16-bit processor as much as the 8086. The TI-99/4A is definitely weird (and slow!!) but it does fit the definition of a 16-bit system.


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moosedevlast Thursday at 6:40 AM

The ST very subtly so, even :)

> "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", referring to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals.

via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST