>> Bring back the 6809 !!!!
>> 'Nicest' processor ever built :-)

Agreed, it was a wonderful part.  We designed it into a
factory data collection and management application right from
its first introduction before IBM PC existed.  The hardware
contained a 6809 with its companion 6829 memory mangement
unit accessing 2MB of memory and the sofware used every bit of it.
The units ran unattended 24/7 for years in some really hostile
environments without problems.  Eventually we ported it to the PC
when they became a commodity.  Reliability was never the same.

A Motorola engineer once told me that the 6809/6829 was
designed as a platform for IBM's first PC but the Intel
parts were chosen instead.  I don't know if this story is true
but if so, the world might be very different today if IBM had
taken the other path.

Don


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