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On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:13:35 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> 	The same ones who decided that 6502 in the C=64 and in the 
VIC-1541
> 	were a
> good idea.  The C=64 was the most popular computer model of all time and
> due to the advances of science and technology that sort of situation is
> unlikely to arise again.

The C64 used a 6510, an improved version of the 6502. I think the drive 
used the original 6502. The PET used the 6502 as did the VIC-20, Apple II, 
and a lot of other computers. There was nothing wrong with the chip.

Motorola probably had regrets about screwing up the 6800 release so badly.