[Coco] [Color Computer] RE: [CoCo] Atari and Amiga comparison

Mike Pepe lamune at doki-doki.net
Wed Mar 14 19:38:20 EDT 2007


L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
>     I don't think they could have... weren't they designed around the 
> same time (1979)? The 68000 was the new breakthrough, super chip, and 
> the 6809 was an expansion/extension of the successfull 6800 design.

No, it couldn't have; the 6809 and 68000 were designed at the same time 
by different groups, and both were released in 1979.

But, it's fun to speculate :)

-Mike





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