Gallery : 6502 CPU
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(Photo AFP - Toshiki Shirose)[/caption]This is the famous 6502 CPU.
Original was from MOS Technology company.
This 6502 is in Apple //e in Glory Music.
8 bit, CISC.
Memory addressing for 6502 CPU is 64K bytes.
The famous personal computer with 6502 CPU was Apple 2 series.
OS (Operating System) for Apple 2 series were DOS 3.3 and ProDOS.
DOS 3.3 was boot with BASIC.
We could use hard disk for Apple 2 series with ProDOS.
65816 CPU is 16 bit CPU and it was in Apple //GS.
Apple //GS could run 6502 CPU programs.
Hard disk partition by ProDOS was maximum 32M bytes.
Many games and word processors were for Apple 2 series.
There are Apple 2 software emulator for Windows.
Many Apple 2 programs can run on Apple 2 software emulator on Windows.
6502 CPU assembly programming can be with Apple 2 software emulator on Windows.
There were Apple 2 hardware emulator for Macintosh.
The name was Apple //e Card.
Apple //e Card was for Macintosh LC series, Operating System for Macintosh LC series for Apple //e Card was System 6.0.8 (The highest).
Floppy disk for 8 bit Apple 2 series was 5.25 inches 1D disk, single side floppy disk, 160K bytes.
We could use 5.25 inches 2D disk, double side floppy disk, both side with a notch cutter.
CPU clock for 8 bit Apple 2 series (6502 CPU) was 1 MHz.
(Photo AFP - Toshiki Shirose)
(R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 19 Wednesday March 2014 The Roman)
