Re: 65c02 in an Apple II+?

["M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

Ernest <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:s5Y1b.241511$uu5.50298@sccrnsc04...
> Can a 65c02 processor be used in a II+? I have a brief article from a
Basis
> 108 SIG newsletter that states:
>
> "Bill then remarked that he recently installed a 65c02 processor in his
> Basis 108 and it runs flawlessly. He recommends the GTE chip as being the
> best of all available chips. Rockwell has implimented serveral additional
> commands but has so altered the timing chain so that their chip requires
> substantial board modifications to be used."
>
> Has anyone tried installing a 65c02 chip in an Apple II+. The Basis is II+
> compatible and I am considering the swap, and I have a GTE chip that I can
> use. Is there any  reason why I should not try this -ie, in the words of a
> famous NASCAR driver, will I "hear something smoking" if I try this?

You could go straight to the 65802 and get the 65816's (IIgs) instruction
set.

- Mike