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Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?

Subject: Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
From: Peter van Merkerk <merkerk@deadspam.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:13:05 +0100
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puritan_2076@yahoo.com wrote:

What about the 6800/09? It was at least technicly superior to many
other chips available at the time, and just as good as the rest. Why

was it so rarely used?

The 680x processor series were too expensive, which inspired ChuckPeddle too leave Motorola and develop the dirt cheap 650x series at MOS.See also http://commodorebook.com/view.php?content=ch001

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- Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
  - From: "Bill H" <bill@ts1000.us>
- Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
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