Re: Apple IIe + ProDOS = Headache

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <p6OdnfVj9thO20HdRVn_iw@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote:
> "David Wilson" <david@uow.edu.au> wrote in message
>
>
>: No, P8 v1.3 works fine on an Apple II with 65C02 CPU.
>: If you run it on an unenhanced IIe or a II or II+ with
>: a 6502 CPU and that bad instruction is executed the
>: 6502 will NOT branch like the code expects but will
>: instead fall through into disk writing code and overwrite
>: data on your diskette.
> 
> Therefore it would either be advisable to update all Apple IIs to 65C02
 
It's not at all advisable, since it cannot be done.  The 65C02 does
not work on a lot of (most?) Apple II and II+ machines.  My own Apple
II+ is such a machine - the 65C02 just refuses to work there; I've tried.
On the IIe the 65C02 works fine though.
 
And even if it could be done, are there enough 65C02 chips in the world
to fill the need if every 6502 Apple II would upgrade its CPU to the 65C02 ?
 
Finally: what's the point of upgrading the CPU of an Apple II which either
doesn't work, or will be thrown away?  Yep, that is the actual fate of a
lot of Apple II's....
 
> or eliminate ProDOS version 1.3 altogether. Better safe that sorry.  :o)
 
Why should person A be prevented from running ProDOS 1.3 on his 65C02
equipped Apple II just because person B, who have no intentions to
run ProDOS 1.3, does not want to upgrade his Apple II's CPU to a
65C02 ????
 
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