Re: A source for WDC 65C816's?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

>Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>
>:>I while back someone posted a source for a WDC 65C816.  Can someone
>:>point me in the right direction?
>
>: If you are a student or educator, you can get it from WDC for around
>: twenty bucks.  If not, they only sell them in mass quantities.
>
>Too bad you can't do like I did ten years ago. I wanted a 65802 so I called
>around the electronics places until I reached CMD. They're one of the sources
>who made 65C02s and 65816s for Apple. I told 'em that I wanted to get a 65802
>but got told they don't sell 'em singly. So they sent me a sample, for free.
>I didn't even pay shipping for it. Now that was pretty slick.

CMD is still working with WDC products.  They make a 20Mhz
accelerator for the C64 and C128 based around a PLCC 65C816
running at 20Mhz.

>I rummaged a DIP style 65816 from WDC once out of a dealer's old box o'
>chips but I suspect we're not talking DIP here.

Nope.  Not DIP.  Zip GS and TransWarp GS cards use the PLCC
version.