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From: gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu (root@research.bdi.com (Systems Research Supervisor))
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Subject: Re: 65C02?
Message-ID: <19393@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 91 02:05:09 GMT
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In article <13111@helios.TAMU.EDU> mcl9337@aim1.tamu.edu (MARK CHRISTOPHER LOWE) writes:
=>Hmmm... just a second, guys.  Much as I hate to admit it, I owned an Apple //e
=>a few years back (several).  What do you think the enhancement kit for the //e
=>involved?  A couple new ROMs, and a 65C02 that was dropped in in place of the
=>6502.  There are NO logic level problems whatsoever.  The MAIN difference with
=>the CMOSity of the 65C02 is that it used less power and ran cooler.  Not like
=>that was a big deal.  There were the extra commands, too, as mentioned in a 
=>previous article.
=>
   Yes, I believe it is relatively common to have a CMOS chip with TTL
conversions at the pins. That way you get the power savings while
maintaining compatability with the multitude of existing TTL logic chips.

                                        Gary Duzan
                                        Time  Lord
                                    Third Regeneration



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