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- From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: AVATAR
- Date: 10 Nov 1992 10:08:17 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:
-
- > Yes, 65265s do exist. It's a parallel coprocessor for the
- >65816, something like a Cray on a chip. Ask Thye Chean if he can post
- >more news on the chip; I think he has a copy of the specs.
-
- The 65265 is not "a Cray on a chip". It is a microcontroller version of the
- 65816 -- meaning it has a 65816, some memory, and a bunch of built-in
- peripherals. Every IIgs has something similar, but based on the 65c02; it's
- the ADB microcontroller.
-
- Todd Whitesel
- toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
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