LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Motorola 68000
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This artwork is a mixed media display celebrating the Motorola 68000.While the Intel 8088 and IBM PC were about economy and compatibility, PCs that used the MC68000 were about exploring the art of the possible. One the most advanced PC designs, the Commodore Amiga, used an 8MHz 68000 supported by a family of custom chips to power its robust multimedia capabilities. This artwork includes 3 major items. It has a large image of an Motorola 6800 chip. On the back is a narrative describing the artwork and the 68000,and the artist’s signature. Also, included is a Motorola 68000 (MC68000P8) chip in ablack poly resin64 lead DIP (Dual Inline Package) package.
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The 68000 was the first chip in the 68000 family released by Motorola The Motorola 68000 was the first 16-bit chip produced by the firm. It was a very popular CPU in the early 1990s.
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Hewlett-Packard has been one of the first large manufacturer to adopt the Motorola 68000 microprocessor since 1981. The HP9816 was the fourth 68000 based computer of the brand. It was ... called the Series 200 Model 16. Hewlett-Packards Series 200 included the HP-9816, HP-9826, HP-9836, and HP-9836C.
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Few people wonder why Apple chose the Motorola 68000 for the Macintosh, while IBM's decision to use Intel's 8088 for the IBM PC has baffled many. It wasn't a straightforward decision though. The Apple Lisa was the predecessor to the Macintosh, and ... used a 68000. It also included a fully multitasking, GUI(Graphical User Interface) based operating system, highly integrated software, high capacity (but incompatible) 'twiggy' 5 1/4" disk drives, and a large workstation-like monitor. It was better than the Macintosh in almost every way, but was correspondingly more expensive.
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Motorola mainly used even numbers for major revisions to the CPU core such as 68000, 68020, 68040 and 68060. The 68010 vas a revised version of the 68000 with minor modifications to the core, and likewise the 68030 was a revised 68020 with some more powerful features, none of them significant enough to classify as a major upgrade to the
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The engineers at Motorola developed the 16-bit 68000 with little concern for backwards compatibility. The 68000 was designed with the future in mind. Externally it was a 16-bit microprocessor; internally it was a 32-bit microprocessor. By contrast, the 8088 was 8-bit externally and 16-bit internally.
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