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From: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: History of PCs (also kind of long)
Summary: dates of 6809-based machines
Message-ID: <720@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 88 15:40:28 GMT
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Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Ia.
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In article <3247@edm.UUCP>, rroot@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) writes:
> 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.

I recall seeing one of the very early 4K CoCo 1s back when I lived in Lisle IL
in the summer of 1981. (The particular machine I saw had bad overheating prob-
lems, if memory serves.)

The designers of the 6809 had a three-part article in Jan-Mar 1979 BYTE (the
first and damned near the last time that BYTE ever mentioned the 6809, by the
way); the first 6809 machines were probably put out by SWTP (Southwest Tech-
nical Products), SSB (Smoke Signal Broadcasting), and Gimix (now GMX)--there
was also an outfit called Percom that had a 6809 board way back when.  (No
doubt Motorola also had *something* with a 6809 on it...:-)  Those, I think,
dated back at least to 1980.

		James Jones