8051 vs. 68K

[Gimle / sYmptom , Toni Aittoniemi]

> You can sometimes find surplus 8051s at very reasonable prices (since 
> they already have code burned into them - thanks Barry :-). But the 
> part has a pin that you yank low to disable onboard PROM and select 
> external EEee(whatever)PROM instead, so they're great for the diy-er. 

Well, 8031's don't have internal ROM at all, (you always have to ground
EA) and they cost something like $6


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