AFAIK the 68000 and 68010 were also available in a pin-compatible package,
as in the Cromemco XPU.

On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM Chris Hanson via cctalk <
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> And the Motorola 68020 was introduced a year earlier, providing an
> implementation of the 32-bit 68000 architecture with full 32-bit address
> and data busses and a 32-bit ALU.
>
> The original 68000 from 1979 and its follow-on, the 68010, were
> architecturally 32-bit but used a 16-bit external data bus and 24-bit
> external address bus and 16-bit ALU to implement the architecture—while the
> 68008 provided a 68000 with an 8-bit external data bus and 20-bit external
> address bus in a smaller package, and the 68012 provided a 68010 with a
> 31-bit external address bus in a larger PGA package that was pin-compatible
> with the 68010. (That is, a PGA socket could accommodate either a 68010 or
> a 68012, with the latter supporting a larger physical address space.)
>
>   -- Chris
>
>

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