3 Jan
2006
3 Jan
'06
1:10 p.m.
On 1/3/2006 at 3:05 PM Scott Stevens wrote:
It's my understanding from reading Apple History
that the
superior 6800 was the first choice, but it was much easier to get
ahold of the cheaper 6502 part. Motorola was a big powerful
conglomerate. MOS Technologies was a hungry newer firm.
Personally, I would certainly rather have had the Apple product
line based on the 6800. But my bias is showing.
Maybe not--how many lanugages were implemented on the 6502, as contrasted
with the x80? Was there ever a 6502 COBOL, FORTRAN or PL/I? (I honestly
don't know, but I suspect that FORTRAN may have existed). The picture
might have been quite different, given the 6800 architecture.
Cheers,
Chuck