Vintage Motorola MACSS XC68000L Pre-Production Engineering Sample CPU (1980) For Sale

Vintage Motorola MACSS XC68000L Pre-Production Engineering Sample CPU (1980)
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Vintage Motorola MACSS XC68000L Pre-Production Engineering Sample CPU (1980):
$699.95

Offered here is an exceptionally rare, museum-grade piece of computing history: an authentic Motorola MACSS XC68000L pre-production microprocessor in a side-brazed purple ceramic 64-pin DIP package.

Before the MC68000 launched commercially to power legendary platforms like the original Apple Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and early Sun Microsystems workstations, Motorola developed the architecture under the internal project name MACSS (\"Motorola\'s Advanced Computer System on Silicon\"). Engineering samples bearing the pre-production XC prefix and original MACSS branding were distributed in very limited numbers to key development partners and internal lab testbeds between late 1979 and 1980.

Item Details & Markings:

  • Manufacturer: Motorola

  • Part Number: MACSS XC68000L (Pre-release Qualification Silicon)

  • Date Code: R9M8015 (15th week of 1980 / April 1980)

  • Package: 64-pin ceramic DIP (side-brazed leads with gold-plated pins and central gold lid)

  • Architecture: 16/32-Bit CISC Microprocessor

Physical Condition:

  • Substrate & Lid: The purple ceramic body is in excellent cosmetic order with clean edges and corners. The gold lid retains crisp, legible original black factory lettering (MACSS XC68000L R9M8015).

  • Pins: All 64 side-brazed gold-plated pins are intact, straight, and properly aligned without broken or repaired leads.

  • Operational Status: Untested vintage collector silicon. Sold as a historical artifact, display piece, or collectible.

Packaging & Shipping:

  • Handled exclusively with ESD-safe protocols.

  • The chip will be carefully pressed into high-density conductive black ESD foam to ensure complete pin protection during transit.

  • Shipped in a rigid, anti-static shielded box with full insurance and tracking.

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