Motorola has done some fairly interesting things in the world of computing history, despite being overshadowed by Zilog and MOS in the 8-bit era. Their 68000 CPU line is obviously one of my all-time favorites, powering many iconic computers from the mid-80s onwards. However in this episode, we will be looking at a somewhat obscure yet highly impactful thing they made that shaped quite a bit of historical systems. And that is the, uhm... the data sheet for the Motorola MC6883 Synchronous Address Multiplexer.

I swear this is more interesting than it sounds.