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   Kaz Kylheku to Ros@invalid.invalid   
   Re: 8 bit cpu   
   20 Dec 25 19:16:58   
   
   From: 046-301-5902@kylheku.com   
      
   On 2025-12-18, Rosario19  wrote:   
   > 8 bit cpu for access memory other than 0..255 location has need at   
   > last one 16 bit register and 16 bits operations, so i think that even   
   > a 8 bit cpu has to have int in C language as 16 bits   
      
   To access more memory locations than 0 to 255 using a single binary   
   address, we only need 9 bits. 16 is not the lower bound on how many   
   bits we need.   
      
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