PolyModular Standards

[Jim Patchell]

    Also in my junk box there is a 65802, a WDC chip.  This was the 16 bit
version (like the 65816, also by WDC) but with an 8 bit data bus and 16 bit
address bus, that was a plug in compatable for the 6502.  (actually, I am not
sure about the two above part numbers, but generally my memory does not fail me
on such things).  Also, as I recall, it was a 4 MHz part.  Are those parts still
availiable, or are they long gone like so many other good chips?

    -Jim

Martin Czech wrote:

> > Actually, thanks to all the addressing modes, the 6502 is faster than any
> > of its contemporaries. As Martin has pointed out there are faster ones
> > available today (20MHz+ 65C02's). And it was priced right. No wonder Apple,
> > Atari and Commodore all used it.
>
> We use a 20 MHz core. This is *not* a chip you can buy
> nut our own design, licensed from WDC.
> But I remember that years ago there where 4MHz versions,
> so there must be faster chips on the market.
>
> m.c.