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Re: Making the ][+ better



Robert C. wrote:
Rob Jones wrote in message
Although the ][+ is already a great machine, is there anything that
can be done to make it better?

The 6502 is a good
processor, so that will not need to be changed

Thanks,
~Rob J.


I have been looking at the similarities and differences between the
][+ and the //e and wondered what, if anything, could be changed.

The ][+ has a 1MHz 6502; the //e has the 1MHz 65C02. The two chips are
pin for pin identical (Rockwell R65C02). However, the //e can access
128K to 1Mb of memory; the ][+ can only access 48K of onboard RAM, 64K
with the bank switched 16K board in slot 0.

Can I "piggyback" a 65C02 processor onto the original 6502 socket of
my Apple ][+, and add more memory on the "piggybacked" board?

If the two chips are pin identical, how does the R65C02 access the
extra memory?

The //e has additional hardware. It's not the CPU. Some 128K //es do have 6502A CPUs.

Moll.