Re: Which 6502 variant to use?

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <hZCdndQqkLO1J_zcRVn-rg@speakeasy.net>,
 russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote:

> In article <apple22-BEF0BA.15213901102004@zeus-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
> Greg Buchner  <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:
> >In article <taudnY2dA85RNcDcRVn-iw@speakeasy.net>,
> > russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote:
> >
> >> Anyway, the G3 is
> >> notionally for "Generation 3" of the Motorola PowerPC; the 603 and 604
> >> being representative of generations 1 and 2.
> >
> >Actually it was the PPC 601 that was generation 1 and the 603 & 604 
> >lines made up generation 2.  They had the same foundation at the start 
> >and just diverged like two siblings going off on different paths.
> 
> It appears, searching the motorola site, that the term G2 was first
> used for a processor core based on the 603e (which followed the 603).
> There never was a G1, and the 603 and 604 themselves didn't
> fall into the naming scheme.  The 604 line apparently was a dead end.

The G3/G4/G5 for Mac names is primarily Apple's naming scheme.  I talked 
with someone from Apple several years ago and that's what they 
considered for the generational numbering.

Greg B.

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