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From: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 6502 support chips
Message-ID: <7994@mtune.ATT.COM>
Date: 19 May 89 12:39:26 GMT
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Reply-To: rkh@mtune.UUCP (Robert Halloran)
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In article <5754@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) writes:
>I'd like to know if Commodore actually designed and manufactured those
>65xx chips. I made the above assumptions because I haven't seen the
>chips anywhere else. BTW, NCR has several 6500/ microcomputers and so
>does Rockwell. (I don't know who came first, but most are compatible
>between manufacturers - i.e. plug-in replacements) These companies have
>a few support chips, but nothing fancy, because the microcomputer chips
>they offer have RAM, ROM, parallel and serial built in.

As I recall, the 6502 was designed at MOS Technology (anyone out there
still remember the venerable KIM-1?  Thought not :-)).  They were bought
out by Commodore, and I believe most of the chips like the VIA, etc., were
designed after that point.

Anyone down in KingOfPrussia in a position to comment?

						Bob Halloran
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