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6502.processor [2025/11/14 13:07] – Initial creation woz6502.processor [2025/11/14 13:09] (current) – Table formatting and a blurb about 6502's current use woz
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 ^ Vendor   ^ Part Name          ^ 1975 Price ^ 2025 Equivalent ^ ^ Vendor   ^ Part Name          ^ 1975 Price ^ 2025 Equivalent ^
-| MOS.     | 6502.              |     $25.00 | $150.93         |+|      MOS | 6502.              |     $25.00 | $150.93         |
 | Motorola | 6800               |    $175.00 | $1,056.51       | | Motorola | 6800               |    $175.00 | $1,056.51       |
-| Zilog    | Z80                |    $200.00 | $1,207.43       | +|    Zilog | Z80                |    $200.00 | $1,207.43       | 
-| Intel    | 8080               |    $360.00 | $2,173.38       | +|    Intel | 8080               |    $360.00 | $2,173.38       | 
-| Intel    | Celeron G6900%%*%% |     $12.31 | $74.33          |+|    Intel | Celeron G6900%%*%% |     $12.31 | $74.33          |
  
 * Celeron banana-for-scale.  The cheapest 2025 processor I could find, for reference * Celeron banana-for-scale.  The cheapest 2025 processor I could find, for reference
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 Between the MOS 6502 and the Zilog z80, modern home and office microcomputers became a thing that was happening!  The home computer revolution would have been set back up to a decade without these disruptors... you can buy a **whole gaming computer** for $2000 (or less!) these days, instead of just the processor! Between the MOS 6502 and the Zilog z80, modern home and office microcomputers became a thing that was happening!  The home computer revolution would have been set back up to a decade without these disruptors... you can buy a **whole gaming computer** for $2000 (or less!) these days, instead of just the processor!
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 +6502 processors are still made today, usually as cores inside System-On-A-Chip computers, mostly for embedded applications.  Still going, 50 years strong!
  
 This article is a description of the MOS 6502 as used in the Apple ][. This article is a description of the MOS 6502 as used in the Apple ][.
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