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November_1998
RE: Question for parts locating gurus: Tempest


From: Clay Cowgill ( )
Date: Mon Nov 09 1998 - 15:32:58 CST


> Mouser has the 12.096's, but if you can sub a 12.0...
>
Yeah, it's only 0.8% speed difference.

> Who has the CPU's 68B09EP (?) I could use a few
> to complete a spare SW PCB set.
>
I haven't found new ones anywhere, but...

>
From what I remember it has to be 1.5 Mhz
> w/external clock ? I had ordered 6809's from
> BGI but they were only 1 Mhz and wouldn't work.
>
68A09EP's will usually work. (At least the ones I've tried.) The "must
have" part is the "E" suffix. (Different function from the non-E
parts...)

-Clay


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