Re: Past Blast - "Wonder Woman 1984" - Corp Guy Using PET

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 02:00:11 -0400, c186282 wrote:

   BUT ... cannot remember if the early TPs supported CP/M-86 or real
   Z80 CP/M ......

CP/M-80 was supported.

   As for the original subject ... alas the 6502 stuff DOES seem to have
   died. It was also a pretty good chip fam, widely used, but for some
   reason didn't have the lifeforce of the Z80.

https://eater.net/6502

The variant he uses is a static core so you can clock it step by step. In
the video he does a cute thing by tying data lines to create a no-op that
then cycles through successive addresses. THe use of an Arduino as sort of
a logic analyzer is interesting too. I don't need another project.

https://www.mouser.com/new/western-design-center/wdc-w65c02s/

Peddle ate Motorola's lunch but later business decisions weren't stellar.
For sort of a mixed metaphor

https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/kim-uno-summary-c1uuh

or if you are a purist

https://www.tindie.com/products/kim1/pal-1-a-mos-6502-powered-computer-
kit/