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Re:The Chloe 280SE, a New Z80 Microcomputer by LIV2 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:57PM (#22239527)
The 65816 was designed to Apple specifications which explains the annoying 64K blocks etc.

IMHO multiplexed address isn't a problem as it's simple logic to fix but having to keep track of 64K segments is more painful

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Re:The Chloe 280SE, a New Z80 Microcomputer by rasz on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @04:26PM (#22241162)
That would be surprising considering Apple didnt know about this processor and had to be convinced to even give 2GS a chance, according to computer history museum Oral History of William David "Bill" Mensch. Not to mention wikis "Steve Wozniak said in January 1985 that Apple was investigating the 65816".
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