Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?

[Roger Johnstone <news2005@roger.geek.nz>]

In <zpmsf.68570$k76.11477@bignews6.bellsouth.net> Payton Byrd  wrote:
> 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.

The Apple I board was designed to take either a 6800 or 6502 CPU, and 
the board's legend overlay even shows which components need to be added 
to use a 6800. If it had shipped with a $300 6800 CPU though there is no 
way in hell the whole computer could have sold for $666.66 retail like 
it did!

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