Speaking of 6502s, was Re: 70's micros still available - was 1802 problems

[Chuck Guzis]

On 1/5/2006 at 2:53 PM Eric J Korpela wrote:

>I've been wondering about this as well.  I would have assumed that for
>microcontrollers that cost would be supreme.   Did the 6800 family get
>cheaper than the 6502 at some point?  After all saving a dollar a unit
>on 100K units pays for a programmer.

Maybe it's more the case that the 68HC11 comes in an almost bewildering
number of variations--somewhere around 100.    Price is somewhere around
$1.75-3.00 each in 1000 unit lots.

Cheers,
Chuck