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IIRC, it was also frequently used for arcade games, and office printers, too.
by krylon 3y ago
IIRC, it was also frequently used for arcade games, and office printers, too.
- rvense 3y agoThe 68000 is one of the most successful embedded CPUs of all time and you could buy the CMOS varients, 68HC000 and 68SEC000, brand new from NXP until maybe two years ago ago, and derivatives of it (the Coldfire series) are still available - though most or all of them are "not recommended for new designs" now. I think at least some 68ks are still being made by Rochester Electronics, a company that specializes in keeping old chips in production. I have seen 68000's and 68020's in everything from musical instruments to electronic measurement equipment to office equipment and networking hardware made into the late 90's at least. The Coldfire series has probably been all but killed off by small ARM chips for complete new product families now, but I'm almost certain you'd be able to find several of them if you went to your local appliance/electronics store today and started taking stuff apart.