Re: Which 6502 variant to use?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <hZCdndQqkLO1J_zcRVn-rg@speakeasy.net> Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In article <apple22-BEF0BA.15213901102004@zeus-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
> Greg Buchner  <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:
>>In article <taudnY2dA85RNcDcRVn-iw@speakeasy.net>,
>> russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway, the G3 is
>>> notionally for "Generation 3" of the Motorola PowerPC; the 603 and 
>>> 604 being representative of generations 1 and 2.
>>
>>Actually it was the PPC 601 that was generation 1 and the 603 & 604 
>>lines made up generation 2.  They had the same foundation at the start 
>>and just diverged like two siblings going off on different paths.
> 
> It appears, searching the motorola site, that the term G2 was first
> used for a processor core based on the 603e (which followed the 603).
> There never was a G1, and the 603 and 604 themselves didn't
> fall into the naming scheme.  The 604 line apparently was a dead end.

Well naturally they didn't use G1 for the first generation, since at the 
time there was no other generation to distinguish it from :o)

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