Re: 65816s... inexpensively

[ballweb@PEAK.ORG (Brian Ballweber)]

Matt Ackeret (unknown@apple.com) wrote:
: 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.


I received information that the new supra 28.8k modems use two 38Mhz
65816's inside them.  Since I dont have one of these modems I cannot confirm
or deny this, but I thought I would mention it.  Mabye someone could take 
a peek inside if they got one...


- Brian              "I have the brain of a genius and the heart of a child,
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