Re: 10 mhz 6502's...

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Tony Cianfaglione wrote:

> I was reading a page at: www.lowendmac.com on the Mac IIfx and it
> mentioned something about 2 - 10 mhz 6502 chips that were to be used in
> the IIfx for other things and take the pressure off the main processor.
>
> My question is were the chips made and what would happen if you plugged
> one into a IIc or IIe?  Would it simulate a zipchip or would nothing at
> all happen?

Plugging a faster chip into any Apple II won't do anything. Quite a few of
the
IIes I've enhanced have ended up with 4mhz 65C02s (because thats what I
had
on hand) and run happily at 1mhz.

    Wayne