Synertek 6502 chips, 1984 date-code

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Jul 30 01:13:00 2002

>> 1. Does anyone have any cool Synertek lore they'd like to
>> share with the group? All I know about them is they made
>> the SYM-1 and were a 6530 second-source. I guess it's safe
>> to conclude they were also a 6502 second-source. :)
>
> They were also a 68000 second-source for Motorola. I have a quantity
> of them, c. 1982.

Really? I knew that Mostek, Rockwell, Signetics, and SGS-Thompson were
early second-sources for the 68000, but I haven't ever seen Synertek parts.

In a Signetics data book they had a data sheet for the 68010, but I've
never actually seen a 68010 made by a second source. And as far as I
know, there were no second sources for the 68020, 68030, 68040, and 68060.
Received on Tue Jul 30 2002 - 01:13:00 BST