Re: 16-bit 6502 replacement bulk order : PCB schematics

["Mark C. Spaeth" <mspaeth@plancherel.mit.edu>]

In comp.sys.apple2 Euphoric <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
: Browsing through the discussion at 6502.org 's forum can be tedious, and
: Daryl doesn't read these newsgroups, so here is his original post on
: 6502.org:
: 
: "After several months and many more revisions, I've completed laying out the
: traces for the converter. I still need to clean it up - straighten some
: traces, add 45 deg bends on the corners, check spacing around all pads and
: vias, etc.
: 
: I added to the schematic. There are two jumpers. J2 allows you to select the
: gate for the 74x245 and J3 selects 2 inverters or 4 inverters as inputs to
: the AND gate.
: 
: Check out the schematic, layout draft, and expressPCB files on my web site.
: 
: http://65c02.tripod.com/conv.html
: 
: Estimated cost for 10 boards would be $200. ($20 each)

Doesn't this seem a little ridiculous when 6502s can still be had
for under $10?

I think everyone would be happier trying to twist someone's arm (ie 
someplace like rocelec.com) into finding, dicing, and packaging some
old 6502 wafers (assuming WDC isn't interested), and having the real thing.

In any case, I probably have well over 100 6502s in my house on arcade
game PCBs, and that's a much bigger market than retro PCs...

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