Re: Star Castle on Asteroids Deluxe?

Asteroids Deluxe came with a 6502A (even had warnings in the schematics to NOT
use a 6502). There was a 6502B that could do 3 MHz. Western Design Center (the
designers of the 65816) did make some CMOS versions that were as fast as 10 MHz.

Chris Starr wrote:

> Might want to try a 6502A, It's probably like the difference between the Z80
> and Z80A, just a faster clock. I thought the 65C02 was a smaller pinout
> package.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TomWiz" <twisnion@enteract.com>
> To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 4:52 PM
> Subject: RE: VECTOR: Star Castle on Asteroids Deluxe?
>
> >
> > > Cool. Well, maybe I'll have a piece of good news. I've just purchased 4
> > > off the shelf 6502s in hopes that they'll overclock to 6Mhz without
> > > incident. I'll post results to the list once I've made the mods.
> > >
> >
> > Back in the Old days.... Wasn't the 65C02 the same as a 6502 only with a
> > few extra
> > instructions and a higher clock speed. It was pin compatable..
> >
> > TomW
> >
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Received on Fri Apr 27 04:12:54 2001