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From: throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Rockwell R65F11
Message-ID: <211@rtp47.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 14:56:17 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 14:56:17 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Oct-85 19:24:02 EDT
Organization: Data General, RTP, NC
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I noted that in the October Dr.Dobbs the editorial says

    "Rockwell fit a good chunk of Forth into its R65F11 chip, along with
     the 6502 instruction set."

Now, can anyone tell me

  - What is a "good chunk of Forth"?  (I am interested in whether this
    "good chunk" might be a better target for a compiler than regular
    old 6502 instructions.)
  - Is the "6502 instruction set" on this chip compatible enough with
    the "regular" flavor to run Apple software (such as DOS, the
    monitor, Applesoft, etc)?
  - Is the chip hardware (just-plug-in) compatible with an Apple II (not
    II+, IIe, IIc, or any other II-mumble... just an old, decrepit,
    obsolete, antique, (mostly) unmodified Apple II.
  - Is the R65F11 the "same thing" as the 6511EAB mentioned in message
    <42@noscvax.UUCP>?  If so, the above questions apply to the
    "6511EAB" as an alternative to the R65F11.  If not, are the two
    things related at all?

If nobody knows, does anyone know a likely source to write for this
information?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.
-- 
Wayne Throop at Data General, RTP, NC
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