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[Willard Goosey]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:23:37PM -0500, john dumas wrote:

>  On 9/15/2010 5:15 AM, Willard Goosey wrote:



> True. I was MOTs circuit design engr for the VDG. Memory is dim now

> but, I believe that the first expected customer was a game company

> that bowed out before production of the chip.


Heh, their loss.  I think the VDG was a very impressive chip, and that
the lack of hardware sprites was a feature, not a bug.  Sprite-based
video controllers are a pain in the butt if you're trying to do
anything but a video game.


> >documentation about the 6809, I feel that their engineers hoped to

> >take over the entire world with it.  Therefore, I kind of doubt that



> Amen to that!!! Terry and Joel (and many others) thought that the 09 would

> be the best 8 bitter ever seen...........It was........


Their love of the 09 comes through even in dry technical docs like the
old Data Books.

I don't think you'll get any argument on this list that the 6809 is
the best 8-bit CPU ever made.

Willard
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