FC 45

Marc Randolph mrand at pobox.com
Thu May 20 18:16:43 GMT 1999


On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 02:07:09PM -0400, David A. Cooley wrote:
> > I noticed that David mentioned C3, I assume that's some kinda Vette
> > he's/you're talkin about?
> 
> That's GM's designation for the processor in the ECM.
> C3 is the older units, P4 and P6 are the newer CPU's.  P4 and P6 are based
> on the 68HC11F1 and the C3 was based on the 6809.

Can anyone explain in any more detail the difference(s) in the P4 and P6?
I've had people try to tell me the P6 is a 16 bit processor while the P4
is an 8 bit, but the code I've seen from supposed P6 processors looks
identical to the P4 code.

Thanks,

   Marc

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