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? I've noticed many early 680x computers used the realitively poor 6847's b&w predecessor. did that have something to do with it? or was ti just too expensive? or too late?
According to Chuck Peddle in "On The Edge - The spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore," the 6800 costs $300 in quantity and the 6502 cost $25 in quantity. 'Nuff said.