Re: Which 6502 variant to use?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

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.