On 1/3/2006 at 3:58 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Oh really? Now _that's_ an interesting tidbit, I
had no idea those chips
were that close, though I do see a lot of similarities
between them.
IIRC the 650x development team were ex-Moto guys. The 6501 (a very rare
bird) was pin-compatible with the 6800; after Moto sued MOS, the 6502 came
out with only very minor pin swaps.
Cheers,
Chuck