[Coco] M.E.S.S. other 6809-based systems?

[Arthur Flexser]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/28/03 7:34:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> larrybo at idirect.com writes:
> 
> > Didn't Pet also have a 6809 based machine?  I seem to remember a Pet with
> >  monitor attached/included.
> 
> "Pet" was Commodore's first machine.  It used a 6502 or variation, like all 
> their succeeding products (until the 68K Amiga).
> 
> The Pet was interesting, with its little monitor built right into the 
> machine, along with a cassette deck and a truly horrid mini-keyboard.  Overall 
> reliability was poor, but a friend of mine did have some fun with his.  No graphics. 
>  I suspect one in good working condition would be quite a collector's item 
> today.
> 

No, the Commodore Pet definitely had a 6809--I remember distinctly seeing
a 6809 programmer's manual for it.  I think, though, that the 6809 may
have been an auxiliary processor, rather than the one used for its normal
mode of operation.

Art