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From: mketch@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael D. Ketchen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Commodore !1Meg/C64
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Date: 28 Jul 89 18:51:47 GMT
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In article <122@egrunix.UUCP> steyaert@unix.secs.oakland.edu.UUCP (Terry Steyaert) writes:
>In article <67911@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> sekora-jay@CS.YALE.EDU (Jay Sekora) writes:
>>other than that one problem (which, of course, may well not exist at
>>all--we're still just talking about a rumor), it sounds like an interes-
>>ting and worthwhile machine.  anybody heard rumors about what processor
>>they're using?  my guess is the 16-bit version of the 6502 (whose number
>>i forget).
>
>I believe the chip is the 65c02, but I am not sure.  That was the rumor
>of what it was called, in the Detroit area.
>
>Terry Steyaert   (alias, The Guard, SysOp The Software Pool  25 Megs
>                                          (313) 463-8777)
>					  
>      steyaert@unix.secs.oakland.edu

The 16-bit version is called the 65816.  It's the chip used in the Apple ][GS,
and I always wondered why Commodore didn't use it in some fancy computer.  It's
about time.

By the way, the 65C02 is the CMOS version of the 6502.  It's an 8-bit chip,
but since it's CMOS, it uses less power than regular chips, making it good
for computers that run on battery packs.  (Does Apple use it in the ][c?  I
can't remember...)

- Mike
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