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| Subject | Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world |
| From | Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 12:50 -0500 |
David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, 1 September 2017 11:14:21 UTC-7, Anthony Ortiz wrote: >> I'm itching to build an emulator on the ARM but would love to expand >> what we have rather than rehash what's already here. I'm thinking >> perhaps the 65C832 would be nice, offering 32-bitness and full backwards >> compatibility, but glancing through the specs I find it somewhat >> limiting given today's resources. I don't like that it's program counter >> is 16-bit, only allows for 24-bit addressing, and still relies on >> banking memory. It's also added a lot of addressing modes that compilers >> don't usually take advantage of but I'd love to hear what the community >> has to say about it. Is there anything you'd change on it, and if so, >> what would you rather see? > > Why not skip the 65832 and just go with ARM32? Then you get what you > want, the tools are already available and it would run native speed. Just a thought. > > Dave... > Exactly. Best go with a processor that was *designed* to be 33-bit, with some inspiration from the 6502, without having the tail wag the dog... (Of course, if you connect it with an Apple II, then look at that dog wag!) -- -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
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WDC 65C832 design in today's world Anthony Ortiz <anthonypaulo@gmail.com> - 2017-09-01 11:14 -0700
WDC 65C832 design in today's world Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2017-09-01 13:12 -0700
WDC 65C832 design in today's world Anthony Ortiz <anthonypaulo@gmail.com> - 2017-09-01 14:23 -0700
WDC 65C832 design in today's world Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2017-09-01 15:27 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world barrym95838 <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-02 23:39 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2017-09-06 13:02 -0400
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Anthony Ortiz <anthonypaulo@gmail.com> - 2017-09-06 11:13 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world barrym95838 <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-06 15:58 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2017-09-07 02:08 -0400
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2017-09-03 07:20 -0500
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world kelvin@pro-kegs.uucp (Kelvin Sherlock) - 2017-09-03 19:16 -0500
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world barrym95838 <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-03 12:59 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2017-09-03 19:00 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2017-09-03 23:04 -0500
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2017-09-03 18:56 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2017-09-02 09:43 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2017-09-02 12:50 -0500
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Anthony Ortiz <anthonypaulo@gmail.com> - 2017-09-02 13:05 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Jorge <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2017-09-02 13:49 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Anthony Ortiz <anthonypaulo@gmail.com> - 2017-09-02 14:02 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2017-09-02 14:43 -0700
Re: WDC 65C832 design in today's world Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2017-09-02 17:19 -0500
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