I am a retired electrical engineering technologist. Back in the late 1970's and early 1980's I was a bench Tech at Motorola Microsystems while going to school. I worked on almost all the 6800 family cards that went into EXORcisor system. It C was a lot of fun and there were a lot of good people who worked there.
But that was a lot of years ago.
I've always felt that there is still a lot of good computing left in the old 8 and 16 bit systems. I don't not need a race car to goto the corner store and I don't need a 64 bit computer to run a few basic programs.
I'm in the process of restoring a PC-XT clone, a Motorola D2 kit, and I'm eyeing my lSI 11. And I am on a hunt for an EXORBUS system.
Joe
Hello from Arizona
Re: Hello from Arizona
Welcome Joe. It’s amazing to hear that you worked for Motorola Microsystems. That would have been a dream for me, back in the day.
Having started out with Motorola 8-bit CPU’s, and then spent a lifetime in IT, one thing that became apparent to me is that a lot of the newer generation don’t really understand the fundamentals of micro-computing. They might know how to write code, but there was something missing. This often meant the seemingly obvious was occasionally overlooked.
So, I’m a firm believer that the newer generations could benefit from the experience of early 8-bit microprocessors. But also (for us older generation folk), we can now re-live our early experience of experimenting with the early microprocessors.
Have fun with your projects, and I look forward to hearing more.
Having started out with Motorola 8-bit CPU’s, and then spent a lifetime in IT, one thing that became apparent to me is that a lot of the newer generation don’t really understand the fundamentals of micro-computing. They might know how to write code, but there was something missing. This often meant the seemingly obvious was occasionally overlooked.
So, I’m a firm believer that the newer generations could benefit from the experience of early 8-bit microprocessors. But also (for us older generation folk), we can now re-live our early experience of experimenting with the early microprocessors.
Have fun with your projects, and I look forward to hearing more.