[Coco] [OFF] Hitachi MB-6890 information needed

[Daniel Campos]

Bill,

Well this machine is from 1981, contemporary of the CoCo1. So I think it
still used the 6809 processor.
When it arrives I will do a full review of it. :-)

Thanks!
Daniel



2014-04-22 11:02 GMT-03:00 Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>:

>
> Daniel,
> I "googled" "hitachi mb-6890" and found all kinds of articles. One of
> which was the manual page already linked.
> Another was a forum where someone was saying they had a bunch of disks for
> it and were wondering how to read them.
> Also you can google "hitachi peach" as that seems to be the "pet" name of
> the machine.
> I also read that many people wondered if hitachi was actually using a 6309
> instead of a 6809 as the machine seemed faster than a 6809 and had much
> broader capabilities (especially graphics) than the average 6809 machine.
> Tha could explain why they never broadened their distribution of the
> machine... Motorola probably wouldn't have liked it :-)
> This machine may be a candidate for a NitrOS-9 port...
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Campos <daniel.campus at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 9:29 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [OFF] Hitachi MB-6890 information needed
>
>
> WOW! Thanks!
>
> Daniel
>
>
> 2014-04-22 10:06 GMT-03:00 Benoit Bleau <benbleau at gmail.com>:
>
> > Daniel,
> > I found that this site has the manuals for the MB-6890
> > http://www.1000bit.it/scheda.asp?id=980
> >
> > Benoit.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Daniel Campos <daniel.campus at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I just recently acquired a Hitachi MB-6890, a japanese machine that
> used
> > a
> > > 6809 processor and was sold on Australia too.
> > > I really want to know if someone here on this list have any information
> > > about this machine? Perhaps some obscure repository with disk images?
> :-)
> > >
> > > Daniel
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