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JamesC
on 2005-04-12
18:17:01
 Re: How many(roughly) were made?

Let it be notes that commodore.ca has many typographical mistakes. For example, on the page you linked to: the Amiga line is based on the Motorola 68000 series processor, and the 6510 powers the Commodore 64.

If you aren't concerned about 100%, hold up in an argument, factual information, but just want a general idea.... then commodore.ca is fine. But to me, I'd rather write something that I believe to be 100% than to be known as "the guy who is always wrong".

MOS and CSG are interchangable names for chips produced by the MOS chip foundry in Pennsylvania, USA. There is a date code stamped on each chip of the format WWYY, so that 3884 would be the 38th week of 1984.

"Old" and "new" chips are more definately defined by the chip number itself. Obviously an 8501 is a newer process than a 7501. However these two chips are interchangable. The replacement for a Commodore 64's 6510 is not an 8510, but an 8500 (there being no mass production of 7500 chips).

And as Commodore also sold chips to other companies, it is entirely possible that there is another use for the 7501/8501 line.... if a Nintendo game system can have a 6502, then why can't we eventually find a VCR or stereo equipment or other electronic item that uses a 8501? happy



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