Date   : Sat, 04 Dec 1999 09:24:38 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: 16 bit BBC ?

In article <01F675ABB3FFD111A6AA0008C728D5A5018D350B@...
ttishpower.plc.uk>, Fraser, Colin J <Colin.Fraser@...>
writes

>Got my Acorn Communicator from Bull today 

>The processor is v. interesting.
>It is a 65816 - a 16 bit version of the 6502.
>It can run in an emulated 6502 mode, but can switch to native mode, which
>allows the use of extra instructions, 16 bits registers, and 24 bit address
>space.
>
>I was wondering if this chip would work in a BBC B or Master.

No idea, but I tried a 65SC02 in a BBC B once.  This is a 6502 with the
extra instructions of the Master's 6512 CPU.  This allowed me to run
BASIC 4 in my Beeb; previously it had refused to run because it used the
extra instructions of the 6512.


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Mike Tomlinson