Den Wed, 5 Sep 2018 12:40:04 -0500 skrev Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com>: > On 9/5/2018 12:34 PM, Mia Magnusson wrote: > > Den Wed, 5 Sep 2018 09:47:16 -0500 skrev Jim Brain > > <brain@jbrain.com>: > > > > There might also had been an idea to use it with for example a > > Kansas City compatible tape interface. > > The 65XX series was designed, in many ways, to better the 68XX > series. 6821 ->6522, 6850 -> 6551. My theory is, at the time, MOS > wanted to show Motorola that the little "rag tag" group could take > any 68XX design, improve it, cost reduce it, and deliver a better, > cheaper option. Adding this capability to the 6551 seems in line > with that theory. They didn't have to have a specific use case for > it, just enough to suggest it could be useful. It might also had been some part of the patent sue deal that any MOS thing had to differ enough compared to Motorola things. (Maybe they got an exception for the 6520 as it were already in production when the deal was signed, and it might not had caused much economic threat to Motorola). -- (\_/) Copy the bunny to your mails to help (O.o) him achieve world domination. (> <) Come join the dark side. /_|_\ We have cookies.Received on 2018-09-05 21:00:04
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