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points by vardump 17 hours ago | 0 comments

Heresy! 6502/6510 was the only true CPU back then!

(In other words, my daddy bought me a C64 in the eighties. ;-))

The 6809 was by far the better CPU, but it was more pricey and the 6502 had some absolutely amazing software written for it (Notably: BBC Basic, Elite).

[–] bcvvvy 13 hours ago

Definitely the better CPU. You could write position independent code on it for a start.

[–] jacquesm 13 hours ago

That, the MUL instruction, hardware support for multi-tasking. Atomics.

[–] chrisweekly 16 hours ago

Get off my lawn! I was playing Larn on my dad's VT100 long before the C64 was released.

[–] drjasonharrison 15 hours ago

You couldn't play anything on a VT100 except "please mainframe run this program"

That's like saying you played games on your dad's Philips G8.

[–] chrisweekly 12 hours ago

Your dismissive assertion is rude and inaccurate.

Larn was a text-based RPG that was in fact easily run as a networked game over a modem to a server at GenRad where my dad worked. Details escape me (it was over 40 years ago, I was like 12 years old) but these basics are factual.

[–] bcvvvy 14 hours ago

Honestly I bought a 6502 (BBC Micro) after I got tired of the Z80.