20 Nov
2009
20 Nov
'09
11:39 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 11/20/09, Brian Lanning <brianlanning at
gmail.com> wrote:
What about the story of the first revision, the 6501, which was pin
compatible with the Motorola 6800(being that they were ex-MOT people)
but offered more addressing modes. From what I read, this was their
intention in order to gain a foothold in the market Although it wasn't
software compatible from what I understand--so I'm not sure how they
expected to gain any advantage. Then Motorola sued them in court and
won, and this resulted in them making the 6502.
=Dan
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Al Kossow
<aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
> Chuck Peddle told me a couple of months ago that the 6502 was never
> intended to be a general-purpose microprocessor, it was designed to
> be a replacement for hard-wired logic.
>
Well it certainly exceeded those expectations!