Embedded processors for DIY projects ?

[Bjorn Julin]

What a wonderful last name the funder of WDC has,
""Mr Mensch""" brilliant!

BJ

>From: "Fraser, Colin J" <colin.fraser at calanais.com>
>To: "'Ingo Debus'" <debus at cityweb.de>, synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: RE: Embedded processors for DIY projects ?
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 17:44:20 -0000
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ingo Debus [mailto:debus at cityweb.de]
> > Sent: 01 November 2000 16:52
> > To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> > Subject: Re: Embedded processors for DIY projects ?
> >
> > "Byron G. Jacquot" wrote:
> > > There are some
> > > new variants on the 8051, Z80 and 6502 that keep those
> > lines alive.  I've
> >
> > There are recent variants of the 6502? I didn't know this. Anyone have
> > any details?
> > The least I had heard was a 16-bit version, which could be switched
> > between 6502 and 16-bit mode, IIRC. But this was 15 years ago...
>
>The 16 bit 6502 is a wdc65816 - see http://www.wdesignc.com/
>
>I got one in an old Acorn Communicator I was going to put in the second
>processor board of my BBC Micro, but haven't played with it yet.
>
>They are used in the Commodore 64 super accelerator -
>http://www.cmdweb.de/scpu.htm
>Anyone for a C64 with 16 Meg RAM and a 20MHz cpu ?
>You would have a lot more scope for software envelopes etc to drive the SID
>chip.
>
>Colin f

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