Atari ST - Motorola 68000HC CPU (Atari STE/Mega STE)

Vi anbefaler kraftigt at opgradere jeres Mega STE eller STE til en 68000HC CPU. Den bruger meget mindre strøm, bliver ikke varm, hvilket gør computeren meget mere stabil. I princippet et must, hvis man bruger sin STE til musik og kører meget med harddisk.

"The 68HC000 offers speeds of 8–20 MHz. Except for using CMOS circuitry, it behaved identically to the HMOS MC68000, but the change to CMOS greatly reduced its power consumption. The original HMOS MC68000 consumed around 1.35 watts at an ambient temperature of 25 °C, regardless of clock speed, while the MC68HC000 consumed only 0.13 watts at 8 MHz and 0.38 watts at 20 MHz. (Unlike CMOS circuits, HMOS still draws power when idle, so power consumption varies little with clock rate.)"