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The MOS Technology 6502 (typically pronounced "sixty-five-oh-two" or "six-five-oh-two") [3] is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by a small team led by Chuck Peddle for MOS Technology. The design team had formerly worked at Motorola on the Motorola 6800 project; the 6502 is essentially a simplified, less expensive and faster version of ...
The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, is a small 6502-based single-board computer developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. and launched in 1976. It was very successful in that period, due to its low price (thanks to the inexpensive 6502 microprocessor) and easy-access expandability.
The CSG 65CE02 is an 8/16-bit microprocessor developed by Commodore Semiconductor Group in 1988. [1] It is a member of the MOS Technology 6502 family, developed from the CMOS WDC 65C02 released by the Western Design Center in 1983.
Image of the circuit board of a Commodore 64 showing some important MOS Technology circuits: the 6510 CPU (long chip, lower left) and the 6581 SID (right). The production week/year (WWYY) of each chip is given below its name. The 6502 was so cheap that many people believed it was a scam when MOS first showed it at a 1975 trade show.
The original 6502 had several errata when initially launched. Early 1975 versions of the processor had no ROR (rotate right) instruction, even though they did have ROL (rotate left). This was a deliberate design choice by MOS Technology, as it was deemed that implementing ROR was too costly in chip area for the benefits it provided. [10]
The 65xx family of microprocessors, consisting of the MOS Technology 6502 and its derivatives, the WDC 65C02, WDC 65C802 and WDC 65C816, and CSG 65CE02, all handle interrupts in a similar fashion. There are three hardware interrupt signals common to all 65xx processors and one software interrupt, the BRK instruction.
GeckOS is a multitasking operating system for MOS 6502, and compatible processors such as the MOS 6510. [1] The GeckOS operating system is one of the few successful attempts to implement a Unix-like operating system on the 6502 architecture.
The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 CPU and three custom coprocessors which provide support for sprites, smooth multidirectional scrolling, four channels of audio, and other features. The graphics and sound are more advanced than most of its contemporaries, and video games are a key part of the software library.