Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

[frischknechtm@enterprise.navy.mil (Mark Frischknecht)]

robsgreenneon@startmail.ca (Rob Jones) wrote in message news:<bc4b97a8.0408192236.54a23e7b@posting.google.com>...
> While surfing the 'net, I found this adaptor
> (http://www.6502.org/mini-projects/816conv/conv.html) that replaces
> the 6502 with a 65C816 processor. I have not done any research on the
> 65C816, or for that matter the 6502 and its variants, but is there a
> way to replace the Apple's 1MHz processor with something faster?
> 
> Rob J.

Replacing the 6502 with a 65c02 can be done but it does not speed up
the computer. The only way I know of speeding up a Apple II IIe II+ is
to usr a Zip chip, Rocket Chip, Transwarp card, or a MCT SpeedDeamon
card. I dont think the 65c816 executes 6502 commands any faster, plus
if yiou just make an adapter to plug into the socket it will still run
at 1 mhz. The apple accelerators were basicly a apple on a card.