Re: 6502 coprocessor for the apple II?

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Dec 3, 8:41 am, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-kwn-this>
wrote:
>   To: mh4
>   Re: Re: 6502 coprocessor for the apple II?
>   By: mh4 to comp.sys.apple2 on Tue Dec 02 2008 10:09 am
>
>  > What was its purpose? Train 6502 programmers on the 816?
>  > For later GS programs? It seems to be copyrighted 1986...
>
> <shrug> Heck if I know... mythical, more capable software that never appeared.

There was VIP Professional, but these things were mainly for
programmers interested in exploring 816 assembly. Merlin 16 supported
these and 65802 equipped machines. I guess it gave the owner about a
year head start versus waiting for the IIGS

Matt