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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Linux on 16-bit processors
Date: 19 Mar 2003 09:36:36 -0800
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Followup to:  <1048084009.30751.23.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>
By author:    Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> 
> BTW are "real" 16bit processors actually cheaper any more ? 16bit keeps
> costs down but several 683xx processors seem to use 16bit external
> data bus as do some ARM.
> 

80186 seems to be going strong, still; and EZ80 is available as a
synthesizable core (basically a Z80 with a 24-bit addressing mode and
a very primitime MMU.)

	-hpa
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