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From: rroot@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: History of PCs (also kind of long)
Message-ID: <3247@edm.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 07:46:19 GMT
References: <1238@flatline.UUCP>
Organization: Unexsys Systems Inc., Edmonton,AB.
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From article <1238@flatline.UUCP>, by erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend):
> In article <1876@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
>> The 6502 is probably in more computers than any other processor, even

> Simple.  Jobs has said that when he was looking for a chip, the 6809
> was really expensive, and the 6502 was really cheap.  I remember something
As far as I know, the Apple was out for a LONG time before the 6809 came out.
I assume you're talking about the 6800 series in general. I think that the
COCO was one of the first machines to come out with a 6809 in it, and that was 
some time 'round 82-83.
 BTW Motorola didn't make the 6502 It was built by a couple of 'defectors'.
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