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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.games.video
Subject: Re: The Lynx CPU (???)  (Was:Re: Developing for the Lynx)
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Date: 22 Jan 90 21:08:45 GMT
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in article <4952@sugar.hackercorp.com>, karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) says:
> Xref: cbmvax comp.sys.amiga:50282 rec.games.video:5610

> Although the 6502 can execute instructions in fewer clock cycles than most
> other cruddy old eight-bit CISC microprocessors, those instructions typically
> don't do as much.  From a programming standpoint the architecture is so totally 
> brain-dead that even an 8080 looks heavenly by comparison.

That's somewhat debatable, but it doesn't really matter.  The 6502 is the defacto
standard in the video game world.  If you're a games programmer, you know 6502.
Here's the list:

	Atari 2600, etc.; Atari 800, etc.
	Commodore VIC 20, C64, C128
	Apple II/IIe/IIc, etc.
	Nintendo (actually uses a 6502 clone with all the MOS patented things cut out).

So you would think, if you're trying to get games ported to any small, cheap
game machine, a 6502 compatible CPU is probably an awfully good idea.

> -- uunet!sugar!karl	"It takes a smart man to know when he's stupid."
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