[Coco] CoCo4 / CC-Five wiki?

[Becker, Gary]

I believe the new web address for Sierra Circuit Designs, Inc. is

http://mysite.verizon.net/sierracircuit/

Gary

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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo4 / CC-Five wiki?

I was just wondering what happened to him and his cores. He spent a lot
of time on their functionality, it's sad to just see them evaporate...
-r

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo4 / CC-Five wiki?
> From: jdaggett at gate.net
> Date: Mon, March 26, 2007 5:57 pm
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 
> Evidently he could not generate enough sales to stay in business or he
has changed his 
> company name. There is not a large comercial demand for 6309/6809 core
to either go 
> into an ASIC or a FPGA. These CPUs have long been replaced in the
market with other 
> microcontrollers that have more functionality integrated within. In
today's market there is 
> very little need for a stand alone MPU with no other functions. The
MC68HC12 line of 
> processors now have a similar function of the 6809 MPU with far more
peripherals 
> integraged into the chip. HC12 line has the same indexing modes and
many of the 6809 
> instructions are very similar to the HC12. The one thing that HC12
line lacks is the 
> second stack pointer. 
> 
> The 6809/6309 MPU has a devoted and use primarily in retro computer
markets like this 
> one. 
> 
> james
> 



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