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From: baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Apple & the 6502 (was History of PCs)
Message-ID: <15155@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 4 Aug 88 18:04:17 GMT
References: <15083@apple.Apple.COM> <521@dms.UUCP>
Reply-To: baum@apple.UUCP (Allen Baum)
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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>In article <521@dms.UUCP> albaugh@dms.UUCP (Mike Albaugh) writes:
>From article <15083@apple.Apple.COM>, by baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum):
>> because, when Intel 8080s were selling for $360, Woz was able to pick a 6502
>> up at Wescon for $20.
>                   ^^^
>If this was the same Wescon where I got my 6501 (6800 pin-compatible),
>The Woz either paid $25 for a 6502 or I was ripped off! :-) The prices
>in the hospitality suite at the St Francis were 6501: $20, 6502: $25.
>I wanted to eat that night so I have an interesting artifact in my desk
>drawer.

OK, I mixed them up. The difference between the 6501 and the 6502 (as I recall)
was that the 6501 need a two phase clock, while the 6502 only needed a single
phase clock, and generated the other phase internally.

Woz says that he bought two of each, and a couple of the $5 manuals. HP was
obviously paying him enough :-)

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