The Motorola 680x0, 0x0, m68k, or 68k family of CISC microprocessor CPU chips were 32-bit from the start, and were the primary competition for the Intel x86 family of chips.

This family of chips built upon the 68h series of chips, which were their forebears.

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	comp.sys.m68k Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (0 words) 68K peripheral devices have a DTACK* output that signals acknowledgement of the bus cycle to the CPU - this is how the asynchronous bus functions in the 68k family. As an example, the Motorola syntax is move.l xxx and the MIT syntax is movel xxx. Motorola Internet ftp and WWW sites: http://www.motserv.indirect.com or http://design-net.com http://www.mot.com ftp://freeware.aus.sps.mot.com (Motorola BBS) ftp://pirs.aus.sps.mot.com (AESOP and DR. BUB) There are many links between each of these sites.
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