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(...) Right you are Matt. This created a bit of trouble when I was porting the original pbFORTH code over to the H8. I THINK this is because the H8 core is extensible to a full 16 bit machine - or even 32. The "8" in H8 is a misnomer except at the (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am currently using the H8S/2144 processor at work. The above statement is totally correct - the H8 series is directly compatible with the 16-bit H8S series. Because the H8S is a true 16 bit processor, internal memory is always accessed as a (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Brian, how does the rest of the Hitachi H8 line stack up? Up until now, I have been using Motorola exclusively, except for the odd PIC design and even a 4 bit NEC 75000 series design!!! The Hitachi gnu chain seems pretty decent, even the (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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