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Happy Birthday 6502
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Happy Birthday 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 is a microprocessor which casts a long shadow over the world of computing. Many of you will know it as the beating heart of so many famous 8-bit machines from the likes of Cβ¦Hackaday
No they isn't, there is a rigid ring holding it so you cannot freely flop it. π
But you're missing both the point and the joke.
I am familar with their innards: as a kid we have opened up absolutely everything we had. π 8", 5"ΒΌ, 1.44, also HDDs from RLL to most recent ones, SSDs, you name it. To flop a disk you need floppy inside as well as floppy outside! π
As for Linus, his first computer was a #VIC20 and started on 6502, so I daresay inside of his SinclairQL heart there is a hidden #6502! π
But you're missing both the point and the joke.
I am familar with their innards: as a kid we have opened up absolutely everything we had. π 8", 5"ΒΌ, 1.44, also HDDs from RLL to most recent ones, SSDs, you name it. To flop a disk you need floppy inside as well as floppy outside! π
As for Linus, his first computer was a #VIC20 and started on 6502, so I daresay inside of his SinclairQL heart there is a hidden #6502! π