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From: steve@wlbr.UUCP (Steve Childress)
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809,net.micro.68k
Subject: 68xxx v.s. 80xxx    :-)
Message-ID: <370@wlbr.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 11:46:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 11:46:46 1985
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Ever wonder why Motorola's microprocessors (6800, 6809, 680x0) seem to
never get as much hype and acceptance as Intel's? Psssst! .. here's why.

Intel puts a divide-by-N counter for the main clock on their micro chips.
Not for marketing reasons, you understand. But in hindsight, it's clever.
Motorola doesn't. Hence, the idiots writing for the media belittle the
680x's for being far slower than the 80x's.

Goodness, gracious, a 2MHz 6809 simply *MUST* be inferior to a 6MHz Z80!

HEY MOTOROLA! The path to riches is obvious! Put a divider in the "68020A"
so that the outside clock frequency will be 500MHz! Or make it a hybrid
with a 100GHz clock!

I can imagine INFOWORLD headlines now! 

		Regards,
			Steve Childress
			Eaton IMS    R&D Group MS 43 
			31717 La Tienda Drive
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