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   From: merkerk@deadspam.com   
      
   puritan_2076@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > What about the 6800/09? It was at least technicly superior to many   
   > other chips available at the time, and just as good as the rest. Why   
   > was it so rarely used?   
      
   The 680x processor series were too expensive, which inspired Chuck   
   Peddle too leave Motorola and develop the dirt cheap 650x series at MOS.   
   See also http://commodorebook.com/view.php?content=ch001   
      
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