Meaning of "architecture width" - Re: 68K Macs with MacOS 7.5 still in production use...

[ben]

On 9/15/2016 6:56 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 09/15/2016 05:17 PM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
>
>> Also, Apple Computer referred to it as a 32 bit microprocessor in
>> their early Macintosh ads.   I always just considered it a 32 bit CPU
>> with a 16 bit external bus.
>
> So what's the width of an IBM 1620?
>
> --Chuck
>
>
I don't expect to fit in a standard rack... runs.
Ben.
PS: I think it is 12 bits, to offset the slow core speed
if I am thinking of the right machine.