Synertek 6502 chips, 1984 date-code

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Jul 30 12:09:00 2002

--- Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com> wrote:
> >> 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.

Perhaps I'm confused. I may have been told "Synertek" by someone at
work, c. 1984, and they might have meant Signetics. I _do_ have some
68000 chips with a "block S" logo... would that be Signetics, then?

-ethan


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