On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 02:33 AM, Robert Gray wrote: > Ah, yes. The high performance 6502 like I have in my pre-Macintosh > Atari 800? ;-) The speed gain was from relieving the CPU of IO > housekeeping.
The 6502 also ran both the most successful '2nd generation' personal computers, the BBC Mirco (mostly successful in UK and Austrailia) and the Apple // which I'm sure no-one here has heard of ;). I have only ever seen one Apple // in passing but I have 2 BBC Master 128 machines (the last and best BBC Micro) under my desk :). -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Macintosh LC central i was Born in England -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com