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Re:Animated GIF uses over 35GB RAM in Acorn on M1 Mac, likel... by colejohnson66 on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:45PM (#27236447)
What do you mean “proto ARM”? I thought the 6502 was based on the MC6800 (the predecessor to the 68k)?
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Re:Animated GIF uses over 35GB RAM in Acorn on M1 Mac, likel... by colanderman on Friday May 21, 2021 @06:02PM (#27240533)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Design_concep...

Parts of ARM were modeled after 6502, it having been the processor used in the company's first successful microcomputer.

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Re:Animated GIF uses over 35GB RAM in Acorn on M1 Mac, likel... by Angostura on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:16PM (#27236931)
No the 6502 was Chuck Peddle's baby - not related.

It had a quite a nice simple instructions set.

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