65816s... inexpensively

[unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret)]

Many months ago someone I was talking to in mail said that they saw an ad
for "16 bit variants of 6502 with up to 16MHz available".  I e-mailed
WDC and they didn't really answer my question (whether it was actually
referring to the 65816 or 65802)..  But I did get the following info....

WDC sez:
>The Western Design Center currently has the W65C816SPL-14 available for use in 
>Zip and Transwarp cards.  We do not advertise this as Apple users are not our 
>main customers for these parts.  We do sell these chips for $19.80 each plus 
>$4.00 shipping and handling.  We do not wish to advertise this to all Apple 
>users as the man hours spent shipping these chips does not make it profitable 
>for us.  This offer may be eliminated at any time. 
>If you are interested in obtaining one of these chips send a money order in 
>advance with a note requesting the W65C816SPL-14.

WDC is wdesignc@indirect.com.

Because of what they say, it may be good if a bunch of people mass order
them and then distribute them..  This is just much cheaper than the $9x I 
thought they cost.

BTW, I don't even have a Zip or Transwarp, I am/was just curious about these
16 MHz parts, as it's faster than the 14 I knew were already available.
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