[Coco] Hitachi 68B09EP for sale, custom DECB EPROMs

[Darren A]

I was fortunate to come across an eBay listing for some 6309
processors about 2 years ago. It was from a seller in the UK who was
liquidating the inventory for some defunct supplier. I got 45 pieces
of HD63B09EP and 16 pieces of HD63C09EP dirt cheap. What surprised me
was that only one other person made a bid on them.  I did end up
selling several of them in order to recover my costs.

There are suppliers (mostly in Asia) who still claim to have them
available, but you have to purchase in large quantities. I would guess
that is how Mark obtains his inventory.

Darren

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On 9/19/08, Chuck Youse wrote:
>
> On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Chad H wrote:
>
>> Strange...You sure they even have the 6309?  I just went to their
>> site and
>> searched for it but found nothing.
>
> Heh, nah, I meant 6809s.  The only reliable source of 6309s that I
> know of is Cloud-9 (http://www.cloud9tech.com).  Mark has got some
> secret Chinese connection.
>
> C.