Re: Difference between 6502 and 6502A??

>Hello,
>
> Can somebody please tell me the differences between these? I'm trying
to
>fix BZ boards, and one has a 6502 in the main board, the other has a 6502A.
>Can you use a regular 6502? Is there a mhz difference?

The 6502A is a faster version. Atari says in some schematics that the
slower version won't work in place of the faster model. I don't know
whether this is true or not. IIRC, the 6502 is rated for 1MHz, while the -A
is rated for 1.5 MHz.

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Received on Fri Sep 29 00:43:47 2000