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Originally Posted by sje
It's Freescale that owns the 68000 IP, and they don't make DIPs of any kind. Old 68000 DIPs can be had, possibly salvaged from old Macs, Amigas, etc., for about US$20 each.
Anyway, a 68000 really needs a 68551 MMU to do Linux, and even that's a little clunky. I wouldn't try it with less than a 68030 as the base chip, and that was never made in DIP form.
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For uCLinux you wouldn't need an MMU. That means its just an application host and not a development environment, but could still be fun. Possibly more useful than an 8080???
PLCC versions of the 68LC000 are available from DigiKey, and they are 100% compatible with the old Macintoshes. I even built a carrier board and ran a Macintosh on one.
The DIP versions are available from second source places like Unicorn.
http://www.unicornelectronics.com/IC/68000.html
I buy ALL of the ICs for my kits from Unicorn.
I would rather buy an old DIP 68000 than a new PLCC 68LC000...because a 68 pin DIP is just TOO cool...
