Synertek 6502 chips, 1984 date-code

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Tue Jul 30 14:53:01 2002

>From: "Eric Smith" <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
>
>> 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.
>

Hi
 Toshiba did a 68301 varient of the 68000 that I know of.
( it is in my telescope control ).
Dwight
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