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- From: John Rumm <john@intrnode.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: There is *NO* Amiga Emulation!
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 96 00:59:48 GMT
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- Carl Mueller (mueller@cs.unc.edu) wrote:
-
- : No, there is misinformation here.
- :
- : The original 6502 was a product of MOS Technology (MOS-Tech).
- : It was similar (perhaps based upon?) the Motorola 6800.
- : I don't know of any "6500 from Motorola".
-
- The 6502 had the same bus interface as the 6800 series - and hence
- was able to use its support chips. However it was not in any
- way binary compatible - even the assembly codes have very
- different "look and feel"
-
- : Over time, other companies also produced their versions of the
- : 6502. I believe it was Commodore's own chip foundries that produced
- : the 6510, a version of the 6502 with some extra I/O lines.
-
- I thought that Commodores own chip foundary _was_ MOS Technology
- (i.e. it was a wholly owned subsidiary of Commodore)
-
- :
- : -Carl (mueller@cs.unc.edu)
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