19 Feb
2004
19 Feb
'04
4:30 p.m.
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
A C64 might not be as optimal, though, because it has a 6510, not a 6502
(unless you really do want the on-chip I/O port). For common-as-lint
An on-chip I/O port would be fun.
Not many. You may find that only the high-volume
distributors have
any of the 6502, Z80 or 6809 generation -- and you'd have to buy
in *huge* numbers. But having said that, many CPUs are simply not
made any more. So, you'd have to go to a specialist in obsolete
semiconductors.
Or just sacrifice an old Apple //e (common as dirt) or C64 (common as
lint) and use the chips inside. Commodores, if you really must, gutting a *sniffle*
VIC-20 may be a better
choice.
I don't like to advocate the eviscerating of old computers, but as long as
the parts are being used to build new computers then it's acceptable.
(Sellam, I haven't forgotten about that disk,
honest.)
I know :)
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