Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > On Friday 07 November 2003 17:35, Berin Loritsch wrote: > > > Time to turn to archeological patheology to find out ;o) > > I can't believe I remember it that badly, for God sake I was in > my teens when > Apple II came out... > > Now, further research shows, > 6501 and 6502 was developed by MOS Technologies, possibly by a > design team > called Western Design in Mesa,AZ. > MOS Technologies was formed by ex-Motorola engineers. > > In my not so extensive search I can't find any Motorola making > 6502, and in an > published interview on > http://www.woz.org/letters/general/81.html, Wozniak > says verbatim; "Motorola didn't make the 6502.". > > Some says on http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 , that > even the 8502 > (the 6510 replacement) came from MOS. > > And further some history on MOS Tech at > http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technologies > > I therefor conclude, that you guys may have been mistaken... > Yepp, you won :) It's really too long ago. The 65xx are from MOS, and all 68xxx from Motorola.
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