March 1974 · Computer or hardware
Motorola 6800 (1974)
Announced in March 1974 and in full production by November 1974. The initial single-unit price was $360.
Announced March 1974. The single-unit price fell from $360 to $175 by April 1975 and $69 by October 1975.
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Facts
- Date
- March 1974
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: 8-bit microprocessor
- Maker or publisher
- Motorola
- Clock speed
- Up to 1 MHz
- Data width
- 8-bit
- Address bus
- 16-bit
- Transistors
- About 4,100
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- MOS 6502 (rival, 1975)
- Intel 8080 (rival, 1974)
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