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Very cool! Do note that the Wikipedia page is about the 6800 (Sixty-Eight Hundred), though, not the 68K. A generation earlier, 8-bit, far less popular in end-us
by systems_glitch 4y ago
Very cool! Do note that the Wikipedia page is about the 6800 (Sixty-Eight Hundred), though, not the 68K. A generation earlier, 8-bit, far less popular in end-user applications than the 68K. Still a good processor.
- deaddodo 4y agoIt was only unpopular because the 6502 was built by the same engineers and came out relatively soon after at a much lower price point. In fact, the 6501 (architecturally the same as a 6502) was pin compatible with the 6800 and was discontinued after a lawsuit. I actually preferred aspects of the 6800 series, particularly the addressing options.