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   From: news2005@roger.geek.nz   
      
   In  Payton Byrd  wrote:   
   > 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? I've noticed many early 680x computers used   
   >> the realitively poor 6847's b&w predecessor. did that have something   
   >> to do with it? or was ti just too expensive? or too late?   
   >   
   >   According to Chuck Peddle in "On The Edge - The spectacular Rise and   
   > Fall of Commodore," the 6800 costs $300 in quantity and the 6502 cost   
   > $25 in quantity.  'Nuff said.   
      
   The Apple I board was designed to take either a 6800 or 6502 CPU, and   
   the board's legend overlay even shows which components need to be added   
   to use a 6800. If it had shipped with a $300 6800 CPU though there is no   
   way in hell the whole computer could have sold for $666.66 retail like   
   it did!   
      
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