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From: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Re: Which microprocessor is user friendly ? (long reply)
Message-ID: <1369@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
Date: 7 Nov 90 23:03:31 GMT
References: <1990Oct24.234727.17533@NCoast.ORG> <25150007@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
Reply-To: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
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In article <25150007@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM> egul@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Ed Gulczynski - FIS) writes:
>   I think 6502.  ok, ok, so its old. so what. it's compact,
>   clean, efficient, and easy to work with.  Plus, Ive seen them 
>   with system clocks on the chip.  Use static RAM for no refresh,
>   and off you go.

Yes, 6502 is nice. I like a small system out of CMOS parts: 65C02, 65C32,
27C64, a PAL and a crystal. The 65C32 gives you 128 bytes of RAM.

Regards,
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Michael van Elst
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