Re: Modern A2 successor

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Obsbedia2 writes ...
> 
> << Is anyone aware that the original designer of the 65816 was working on a
> 32-bit
> version of the 6502 family of chips? >>
> 
> I read or heard that Apple Computer was in the blueprint stage for a 32-bit
> version of the IIgs before everything Apple II basically stopped at Apple.
> Presumedly it would have come out after the Rom4 was on the market.
> 
> Jay Edwards


     Evidently, there was (maybe still is) a 32-bit 65xxxx being worked on at
Western Design Center in the mid-late 1980's. However, Apple management seems
to have decided to scrap the II series a few years earlier-- probably before
release of the IIgs-- and never seems to have pushed for the 32-bit 65xxxx
microprocessor from WDC.

     My impression is that WDC is satisfied with its current market and not
very interested in releasing a significant upgrade to the 65xxxx series unless
there is a commitment from some major computer maker to incorporate the larger
microprocessor.



Rubywand