Re: I'm Baaack (UNIX for 64 Thread)

[zklf0b@gs87.hou.amoco.com (Fergason)]

In article <2D001126.10660@news.service.uci.edu> andrep@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Andre Prellwitz) writes:
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>Andrew Bulhak <acb@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:
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>>The 6502 was designed some time around 1976, if I recall correctly.
>>That means it's 17 years old; which may imply that the patent may have
>>lapsed.
>>If that is the case, anybody can make a 6502 or 6502-based chip.
>>(Actually, a nice 32-bit 386ish chip based on the 6502 may be a good
>>idea.....)
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>God how classic!  Patents do not run out that quickly, and even if they did,
>they can be renewed.  A nice 386ish chip based on the 6502???  Gimme a break.

Patents last for 17 years.  I am not sure about renewal.

I believe a 32bit 6502 would be awesome.

Kelly