Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site wlbr.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!pyramid!nsc!voder!wlbr!steve 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 Article-I.D.: wlbr.370 Posted: Mon Sep 30 11:46:46 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Oct-85 04:40:35 EDT Organization: Eaton IMS, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 26 Xref: linus net.micro.6809:498 net.micro.68k:1122 .. .. 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 Westlake Village, CA 91360 (818) 889-2211 X2148 {trwrb, scgvaxd, ihnp4, voder, vortex} !wlbr!steve or ...wlbr!wlbreng1!steve