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The Motorola 68000 - Advanced Microcomputing

ChipScapes Historical Series - 11x14

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Historical Series

 

The Motorola 68000 - Advanced Microcomputing

ChipScapesTM Historical Series

 

Production:

Limited edition size of 50 (production may be limited by availability of chips)

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Mixed Media:

7.5"x8.5" digital photograph (full bleed). Archival photo papers and inks are used. Chips and other specimens are mounted with threads and/or acid free adhesives.

Framing:

The artwork is framed in an 11"x14" black wood shadow box frame, with glass, using suspension framing techniques. All framing materials are acid free. A narrative about the artwork that includes the artist’s signature is placed on the back of the artwork.

About this Artwork:

This artwork is a mixed media display celebrating the Motorola 68000. While the Intel 8088 and IBM PC were about economy and compatibility, PCs that used the MC68000 were about exploring the art of the possible. One the most advanced PC designs, the Commodore Amiga, used an 8MHz 68000 supported by a family of custom chips to power its robust multimedia capabilities. This artwork includes 3 major items. It has a large image of an Motorola 6800 chip. On the back is a narrative describing the artwork and the 68000, and the artist’s signature. Also, included is a Motorola 68000 (MC68000P8) chip in a black poly resin 64 lead DIP (Dual Inline Package) package. The fully functional chip is mounted with threads and is surrounded by an enlarged diagram of the chip with the electrical signal designations for each of its leads.

 

General Information:

These artworks are the creation of ChipScapesTM artist Steve Emery. ChipScapesTM are photographs taken of computer chips, boards, and other computer artifacts. They are sort of chip landscapes, or ChipScapesTM for short. Most often a macro-lens or microscope is used with special lightning to achieve these unique artworks.

This artwork is part of the ChipScapesTM Historical Series dedicated to preserving and sharing chips that changed the world. ChipScapesTM are great collectibles or gifts for the technology savvy.

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Narrative Excerpts:

 

"The engineers at Motorola developed the 16-bit 68000 with little concern for backwards compatibility. The 68000 was designed with the future in mind. Externally it was a 16-bit microprocessor; internally it was a 32-bit microprocessor. By contrast, the 8088 was 8-bit externally and 16-bit internally. Intel wouldn’t get to 32-bit architecture until the 80486, dragging x86 programmers through the architectural mud along the way..."

 

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For more information about ChipScapesTM, please click on the following links that will take you to my ChipScapes website www.ChipScapes.com:

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