OT-Re: Heath 6800 Trainer

[Bill Coleman]

On 8/27/01 6:39 PM, Neil Morrison at neilsmorr at hotmail.com wrote:

>True, but with a Coco you've got a lot more function. You can write stuff
>that emulates H/W on the screen, back it up to Cass/Floppy etc. I wouldn't
>pay $250 for a system like that - YMMV.

The Coco used the 6809 processor -- a much later decendant of the 6800.
The 6811 came from the 6801 which was an offshoot of the GMCM (The
General Motors Custom Microprocessor), which originally came from the
6800.



Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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