The 6502 and the 9900 were really historical oddities.

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Post #245,712 by static 2/22/06 6:38:47 AM Reply	The 6502 and the 9900 were really historical oddities. That's not to say they weren't individually brilliant, but the way they were designed and worked was intrinsically tied to 64K of the memory of the time. TI never supported the 9900 properly. That's the main reason it's not around any more. I don't know about the 6502 - it probably died because it was really too simple. Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."
Post #245,816 by Andrew Grygus 2/22/06 6:10:54 PM 2/22/06 6:11:22 PM Reply	Apple chose 6502 because it was the cheapest . . . Nothing like chosing an end of life chip to power a new product, but admittedly better Intel chips cost more and that might have compromised their 50% or greater profit margin rule (dealer profit was on top of that). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx] Edited by Andrew Grygus Feb. 22, 2006, 06:11:22 PM EST Expand All History
Post #245,857 by static 2/22/06 10:22:22 PM Reply	So did Commodore. And probably Atari. The 6502 was a quarter of the size of the competing 6809 and therefore much cheaper. Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."
Post #245,867 by pwhysall 2/23/06 1:22:52 AM Reply	It was also much easier to program. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #245,922 by tonytib 2/23/06 11:42:40 AM Reply	That's what all the 6502 fan boys say but I wasn't so impressed when I did 6502 assembly. However, although it doesn't have the volume of the competition, it still lives, including the 16-bit 65816 version: [link\|http://westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/index.cfm\|http://westerndesign...com/wdc/index.cfm] --Tony
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Z80 lives! - (tonytib) - (6) - Feb. 22, 2006, 01:24:18 AM EST

The 6502 and the 9900 were really historical oddities. - (static) - (5) - Feb. 22, 2006, 06:38:47 AM EST

Apple chose 6502 because it was the cheapest . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Feb. 22, 2006, 06:11:22 PM EST

So did Commodore. And probably Atari. - (static) - Feb. 22, 2006, 10:22:22 PM EST

It was also much easier to program. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Feb. 23, 2006, 01:22:52 AM EST

That's what all the 6502 fan boys say - (tonytib) - (1) - Feb. 23, 2006, 11:42:40 AM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Silverlock) - Feb. 24, 2006, 09:21:41 AM EST

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