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curprev 23:1523:15, 21 May 2025 Comp.arch talk contribs 13,552 bytes +1,155 8-bit are now legacy/obsolete, since more expensive than 16-bit. 16-bit also close to obsolete (but not stating it only implying, since cost are their only advantage, and most do not have that, then also legacy), since 32-bit cheaper than most of 16-bit and smaller. and close to cheapest 16-bit in price. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 11:0911:09, 2 April 2025 Laserman235711 talk contribs 12,397 bytes −1,952 →16-bit architecture: Fixed repetition undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source

curprev 15:5115:51, 31 March 2025 RastaKins talk contribs 14,349 bytes +2,111 →16-bit architecture: Added picture of PDP-11 undo

curprev 18:4918:49, 30 March 2025 Comp.arch talk contribs m 12,238 bytes 0 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 20:0320:03, 25 August 2024 GreenC bot talk contribs 12,238 bytes +166 Rescued 1 archive link. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#www-03.ibm.com undo

curprev 22:2722:27, 13 July 2024 Krótki talk contribs 12,072 bytes −16 Undid revision 1234114397 by DASL51984 (talk) - this usage of IEC binary prefixes violated MOS:COMPUNITS. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:0000:00, 13 July 2024 RastaKins talk contribs 12,088 bytes −1 →16-bit architecture: Fixed link inadvertently destroyed by a search and replace by DASL51984 undo

curprev 17:1617:16, 12 July 2024 DASL51984 talk contribs m 12,089 bytes +17 KB = 1000, not 1024; KiB = 1024 undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 03:4403:44, 31 May 2024 RastaKins talk contribs 12,072 bytes −3 →List of 16-bit CPUs: Simplify WD16 link. Added Z280. undo

curprev 02:0002:00, 20 December 2023 Guy Harris talk contribs 12,075 bytes +9 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX: The 68020 had a full 32-bit ALU; the 68010 and 68012 didn't. undo

curprev 10:1810:18, 20 November 2023 InTheCastle talk contribs m 12,066 bytes −11 →List of 16-bit CPUs: Remove interlanguage link and make interwiki link for μCOM-16. undo
curprev 08:0908:09, 20 November 2023 InTheCastle talk contribs m 12,077 bytes +16 →List of 16-bit CPUs: Add interlanguage link for M16C. undo
curprev 07:3907:39, 20 November 2023 InTheCastle talk contribs m 12,061 bytes +41 →List of 16-bit CPUs: Add interlanguage link for μCOM-16. undo

curprev 17:2217:22, 14 November 2023 ShadyCrack talk contribs 12,020 bytes +3 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX: Added comma, MOS:NUM undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 13:5313:53, 14 November 2023 WJ94 talk contribs m 12,017 bytes −8 Reverted edits by 103.139.196.69 (talk) (AV) undo Tags: AntiVandal Rollback
curprev 13:5313:53, 14 November 2023 103.139.196.69 talk 12,025 bytes +8 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 23:4223:42, 20 June 2023 Giardia talk contribs m 12,017 bytes −392 (deleted redundant info that was already stated in the top section) undo

curprev 07:1007:10, 5 June 2023 Guy Harris talk contribs 12,409 bytes −170 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX: "Freescale is now NXP". Here's where that moved. undo
curprev 02:0502:05, 5 June 2023 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 12,579 bytes +194 Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5 undo

curprev 23:5723:57, 23 May 2023 Guy Harris talk contribs 12,385 bytes −134 Undid revision 1156587814 by Xnoerplaystinkerlinux64bit (talk) - not particularly relevant to 16-bit computing hardware, although *maybe* relevant to running 16-bit applications on 64-bit systems, but that's more appropriate at NTVDM (but with more details on this "simulation" - that's not what NTVDM does on 32-bit). undo Tag: Undo
curprev 16:2316:23, 23 May 2023 Xnoerplaystinkerlinux64bit talk contribs m 12,519 bytes +134 added some info about ntvdm undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 02:5902:59, 28 March 2023 NintendoTTTEfan2005 talk contribs 12,385 bytes +42 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 21:4721:47, 2 November 2022 RastaKins talk contribs 12,343 bytes +68 Added Fairchild 9440 undo
curprev 00:0400:04, 2 November 2022 RastaKins talk contribs 12,275 bytes +39 Added Pascal Microengine undo

curprev 03:4203:42, 16 June 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 12,236 bytes +5 As per what other pages say - maybe a case could be made that a microcomputer must use a *single-chip* microprocessor, which rules out most if not all of the PDP-11 microprocessors, but the J-11-based PDP-11/73 wasn't exactly a microcomputer. undo

curprev 18:1618:16, 6 June 2022 Thrakkx talk contribs 12,231 bytes −71 Clarify hatnote undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit

curprev 11:3011:30, 2 June 2022 Maury Markowitz talk contribs 12,302 bytes −11 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX undo

curprev 18:2918:29, 27 May 2022 Maury Markowitz talk contribs 12,313 bytes +33 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX undo
curprev 17:0617:06, 27 May 2022 Maury Markowitz talk contribs 12,280 bytes +19 →16/32-bit Motorola 68000 and Intel 386SX undo

curprev 17:5617:56, 26 May 2022 Maury Markowitz talk contribs 12,261 bytes +73 →16-bit architecture undo
curprev 17:5517:55, 26 May 2022 Maury Markowitz talk contribs 12,188 bytes +439 →16-bit architecture undo

curprev 06:1506:15, 12 May 2022 ClueBot NG talk contribs m 11,749 bytes +7,222 Reverting possible vandalism by 103.121.69.18 to version by Guy Harris. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4159904) (Bot) undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 06:1506:15, 12 May 2022 103.121.69.18 talk 4,527 bytes −7,222 →16-bit architecture undo Tags: Reverted blanking

curprev 22:4122:41, 10 April 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,749 bytes +2 Use the same short description as is used for 32-bit and 64-bit computing. undo
curprev 10:4410:44, 10 April 2022 MichaelMaggs talk contribs 11,747 bytes −13 Changing short description from "Computer architectures using a 16-bit word" to "Type of computer architecture" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 22:4322:43, 18 January 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,760 bytes −9 Use the active tense. undo
curprev 22:3922:39, 18 January 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,769 bytes −5 If somebody built a microcomputer from an N-bit microprocessor in an era when M-bit microprocessors were the norm, it's still an N-bit microcomputer, the norm notwithstanding. undo

curprev 15:2815:28, 3 January 2022 Bumm13 talk contribs m 11,774 bytes +30 formatting fixes undo

curprev 14:2114:21, 29 December 2021 RastaKins talk contribs 11,744 bytes +48 Added WD16 undo

curprev 11:4011:40, 21 December 2021 Michael Bednarek talk contribs 11,696 bytes +16 +Category:16-bit computers. undo
curprev 08:4208:42, 21 December 2021 Bumm13 talk contribs m 11,680 bytes −16 →List of 16-bit CPUs: formatting fix undo

curprev 22:1922:19, 6 December 2021 Macrakis talk contribs 11,696 bytes +65 short desc undo
curprev 22:0422:04, 6 December 2021 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,631 bytes −52 Go with the description in Wikidata. undo

curprev 16:3216:32, 23 November 2021 John B123 talk contribs 11,683 bytes −6 →16-bit architecture: Fixed cite error undo

curprev 18:4318:43, 8 November 2021 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,689 bytes −31 →List of 16-bit CPUs: The Sega Genesis is a game console, not a CPU; the main CPU in the Sega Genesis is a Motorola 68000, which is a CPU with 32-bit registers, 32-bit arithmetic except for 32x32 multiply and 32/32 or 64/32 divide, and a 16-bit external bus. undo
curprev 18:4018:40, 8 November 2021 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,720 bytes −27 →List of 16-bit CPUs: The Nintendo SNES is a game console, not a CPU. The CPU in the SNES is the Ricoh 5A22, which is already in the list. undo
curprev 18:3918:39, 8 November 2021 Guy Harris talk contribs 11,747 bytes −8 →List of 16-bit CPUs: Remove stray "Nintendo" outside the list. undo
curprev 17:0117:01, 8 November 2021 24.41.100.216 talk 11,755 bytes +71 Added Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 20:2520:25, 31 October 2021 Coolperson177 talk contribs 11,684 bytes −287 Reverting edit(s) by 2600:387:F:491B:0:0:0:6 (talk) to rev. 1052117118 by Pbsouthwood: non-constructive (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo
curprev 20:2020:20, 31 October 2021 2600:387:f:491b::6 talk 11,971 bytes +287 You are welcome and I miss your family and you have a great day undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

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