Synertek 6502 chips, 1984 date-code

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Jul 30 13:12:00 2002

> 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?

Sounds like Signetics.

Those are still relatively uncommon. Motorola parts are obviously
the most common, perhaps followed by Rockwell and Hitachi.

Anyone know whether Hitachi ever shipped their HD63000? That was to be
a CMOS version of the 68000 that would have predated the Motorola MC68HC000.

I heard somewhere that Mostek alone of the second sources had a license
to make the 68020, but I don't think they ever did.
Received on Tue Jul 30 2002 - 13:12:00 BST