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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>About the 6809</H1>
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<H2>The 6809</H2>
To me, the 6809 is the ultimate
<A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola" TITLE="Wikipedia: Motorola">Motorola</A>
8-bit CPU.
It has all the features that I want in a classic 8-bit
design, and its name begins with a
six.
What more could anyone want?
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<H2>6809 Machines</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/8bit_Upgrades/Acorn_6809_CPU.html" TITLE="Chris's Acorns">Acorn 6809 CPU board</A>
<LI><A HREF="dragon.htm">Dragon 32</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer" TITLE="Wikipedia: TRS-80 Color Computer">Tandy Colour Computer</A>
<LI><A HREF="game.htm">Vectrex</A>
<LI><A HREF="hhtiger.htm">H&amp;H Tiger</A> (with Z80)
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<H2>6809 Bibliography</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/4268533" TITLE="LibraryThing">Programming the 6809</A>, by Rodnay Zaks and William Labiak. Sybex, 1982. ISBN: 0-89588-078-4
<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/671598" TITLE="LibraryThing">6809 Assembly Language Programming</A>, by Lance Leventhal. McGraw-Hill, 1981. ISBN: 0-931988-35-7
<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/14690453" TITLE="LibraryThing">Assembly Language Subroutines for the 6809</A>, by Lance Leventhal and Sally Cordes. McGraw-Hill, 1985. ISBN: 0-07-707152-2
<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/9917543" TITLE="LibraryThing">6809 Machine Code Programming</A>, by David Barrow. Granada Technical Books, 1984. ISBN: 0-246-12532-2
<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/4024502" TITLE="LibraryThing">6809 Microcomputer Programming and Interfacing with Experiments</A>, by Andrew C. Staugaard, Jr. Howard W. Sams, 1981. ISBN: 0-672-21798-8
<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/1356397" TITLE="LibraryThing">The 6809 Companion</A>, by Mike James. Bernard Babani, 1982. ISBN: 0-85934-077-5
<LI><A HREF="https://www.librarything.com/work/8699482" TITLE="LibraryThing">Microtechnology: the M6809</A>, by P.J. Thewlis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1985. ISBN: 0-632-01315-X
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<H2>6809 Links</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/People/Alan_DeKok/interests/">Alan DeKok's 6809 Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.msarnoff.org/projects/6809/">Ultim809</A>, Matt Sarnoff's homebrew 6809 computer</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm">Multi-6809 System</A> by Bradford J. Rodriguez
<LI><A HREF="https://github.com/gordonjcp/sim6809">Sim6809</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.6809.org.uk/">6809.org.uk</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.hermannseib.com/english/opensource.htm">6809 Programs</A>, 6809 Assembler and Disassembler</LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://atjs.mbnet.fi/mc6809/">6809 Emulation Page</A> Hosts another copy of the Frankenstein
Cross Assembler for the 6809, as well as many other useful 6809 software packages.
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