Teaching kids about computers...

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Sat Dec 1 20:49:58 CST 2007


On 1 Dec 2007 at 19:10, Sean Conner wrote:

>   I seem to recall that the original Apple I had a jumper that selected
> between a 6502 and a 6800.  The ony reason that Apple used the 6502 was
> price.

MOS Technology was hurting badly after they withdrew the 6501.  You 
could get a 6502 for about $25, IIRC.  A couple of friends even 
picked up 6502 S-100 cards (SSM? I don't remember) because they were 
too cheap to resist.

I don't know if they did anything with them, considering the momentum 
x80 software was beginning to experience.

Cheers,
Chuck



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