[Gllug] Re: Dual core AMDs

Richard Huxton dev at archonet.com
Wed Jul 13 14:23:59 UTC 2005


Rich Walker wrote:
> Richard Huxton <dev at archonet.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Richard Jones wrote:
>>
>>>Regarding Z80 "vs" 6502, I can't imagine anyone would actually want
>>>to program a 6502 after using a Z80 ...
>>
>>Then you've clearly been out in the sun too long sir.
>>
>>The 6502 represents the pinnacle of CPU design, before this current slide into transistor-mad
>>decadence ;-)
>>
>>Three registers are enough for anyone.
> 
> 
> You mean "256 registers, one accumulator, two index offset registers, and
> the ability to use any adjacent pair of registers for indirect
> addressing" is enough for anyone, shurely?

Now you're showing your age :-)

Ah, the joys of 6502 assembler and BASIC on the Acorn Atom. Adding 10KB 
of RAM with 10 separate chips :-)

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