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6502 Mem Transfer Speed

Imagesource: http://c64os.com/ - Gregorio Naçu

Michael Doornbos, Gregorio Naçu and the MOS6502 in one article. A dream! 🙌

Apple presented the specs of the new M2 at the WWDC, and made a poster out of it in a nice, albeit already known design dress. You know, design is, when designers rework old things over and over again. 😜 And if you like color gradients on fonts, you'll get your money's worth here, in addition to the specs.

However, Gregorio's remake of the poster for the MOS6502 is way cooler. With a twinkle in the eye, he had posted the spec sheet on Twitter this week, setting off a real avalanche. 

Good thing! 

Not only the 6502 but also Gregorios project C64OS deserve way more attention. 

Michael Doornbos to the rescue. Michael took the tweet as an opportunity to measure the speed of a memory transfer on the 6502. And not only on the C64 but also on the KIM-1. Because: Why not?

Michael's article on the subject reads very nicely, and since the thing has been trending on HN since Thursday, of course it had to be in our current issue.

Thanks Gents. Was fun!

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