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   Keith Thompson to Kaz Kylheku   
   Re: 8 bit cpu   
   20 Dec 25 17:55:18   
   
   From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> writes:   
   > On 2025-12-18, Keith Thompson  wrote:   
   >> BGB  writes:   
   >> [...]   
   >>> There are no "true" 8 bit systems in this sense, as pretty much every   
   >>> existing 8-bit CPU has had support for 16-bit operations in some way,   
   >>> though often by using register pairs.   
   >>   
   >> I vaguely recall reading about a true 8-bit system, maybe from the 1950s   
   >> or so.   
   >   
   > Any guitar pedal with an electronic bypass toggle is a 1 bit system.   
      
   But not a 1-bit computer.   
      
   The system I referred to above was an actual computer with 8 bits of   
   storage.   
      
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   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
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