Re: 65816 origins?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Liam Busey writes ...
> 
> Kevin Savetz wrote:

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AHS "HISTORY-FLASH!!!!" :
 
In other breaking news, the Atari Historical Society has unearthed a  long
buried truth regarding the well known Western Design W65C816  chip. This chip
was NOT designed by Western Design, but in fact in   Atari's very own
Advanced Semiconductor Group (ASG).
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When Atari ran into difficult times and development had to be stopped,
Western Design  bought the rights to the chip from Atari's ASG for a measly
$35,000!   The Atari Historical Society has been in contact with Western
Design's  owner, Mr. Mensche and so far he has made no comments regarding
our  inquires to his side of the story. So far 3 individuals from Atari  have
confirmed Atari's creation and specifications for the "Lynda  65816" chip.
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> Hi everyone. I was just browsing through the Atari newgroups when I
> found this post on comp.sys.atari.announce. Does anyone know if there's
> some truth to this?
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     The story is vaguely familiar; but, I do not know whether it is true.

     In any case, $35,000 does not sound very "measly" for a
partially-finished microprocessor which is not much more than a 6502 with
16-bit registers.



Rubywand