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> The oldest book, on 6800's, I can find in my library is "6800 > Programming For Logic Design" printed in 1977. So I suspect the 6800 > was around in the late 70's. > It's a little hazy now, but I think I built my first computer in > 1976, using a 6800. It's been around since at least 1975, s

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>the Motorola 6800 series of cpu came out in the 80's i think. i had a real >job as a EE. i used the 6800 in a Masscomp SuperM icro and in HP 7000 Risc >systems i think. its been a while. in beilieve the Fortune computers used >the 6800 also. all were UNIX machine of course. about that same

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> the Motorola 6800 series of cpu came out in the 80's i think. i had a real > job as a EE. i used the 6800 in a Masscomp SuperM icro and in HP 7000 Risc > systems i think. I thought the HP7Ks were 68ks, not 6800s. -- - personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre

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same time PCs were breaking into industry also. i remember 286 8khz to 386 50khz PCs also. peace. billy j - Original Message - From: "Andrew W. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:08 PM Sub

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>I had heard of 6800's as in processors (but only vaguely, and in >passing) but was more curious about the Powermac 6800/180's You're not thinking of the 6400/180? I've never heard of a PowerMac 6800. Non-US model maybe? Peace Aqua -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and

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>--- Robert Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Did 6800's exist btw? I do tech support for >> state schools, and some have >> >> referred to them often enough for me to wonder >> if some special >> >> educational version existed, however they've all >> been replaced and seem >> >>

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--- Robert Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did 6800's exist btw? I do tech support for > state schools, and some have > >> referred to them often enough for me to wonder > if some special > >> educational version existed, however they've all > been replaced and seem > >> to only exist

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> 6800, 6801, 6802 and 6809 DID exist. I built a kit computer (SWTP) in > the late 70;s that used 6800 and later the 6809. It came out around > the time the Apple I was released. When I sold it, it had over 700K > of ram. > > The 6800 family was made by Motorola. We (Engineering Measurements

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On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 08:53 PM, Robert Poland wrote: >>> Did 6800's exist btw? I do tech support for state schools, and some >>> have >>> referred to them often enough for me to wonder if some special >>> educational version existed, however they've all been replaced and >>> seem

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> > Did 6800's exist btw? I do tech support for state schools, and some have >> referred to them often enough for me to wonder if some special >> educational version existed, however they've all been replaced and seem >> to only exist in memory now - been meaning to ask that, and thought you,