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Re:The Texas Instruments 99/4: World’s First 16-Bit Computer by 80211 on Monday June 26, 2017 @10:18PM (#14642099)
It may have been the first 16-bit home computer, but it certainly wasn't the first 16-bit computer. Or even the first 16-bit computer with a CPU on one chip.

And there were many, many bit-sliced 16-bit computers that predated it by years. Like the AYK-14: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/AYK-14

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Re:The Texas Instruments 99/4: World’s First 16-Bit Computer by pinewurst on Monday June 26, 2017 @11:46PM (#14642428)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlwind_I

Whirlwind, circa 1950, was probably the 1st 16-bit computer.

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Re:The Texas Instruments 99/4: World’s First 16-Bit Computer by IrishJourno on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @11:27AM (#14646259)
Hi -- As I noted above, I'm one of the editor's at IEEE Spectrum. And you're absolutely correct: as the article does make clear, it was the first 16-bit HOME computer. We should have been more specific in the headline, our bad.
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Re:The Texas Instruments 99/4: World’s First 16-Bit Computer by dboreham on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:03AM (#14644957)
Go GI!
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