24 Mar 2026
A new
About page has been added in case you're curious about who's behind this thing.
17 Mar 2026
The
Documents Archive now shows only the most recent version of a datasheet by default.
Six WDC datasheets have been updated to their latest versions: W65C02S, W65C816S, W65C134S, W65C265S, W65C21, and W65C51N.
14 Mar 2026
The main
6502.org site has been redesigned with a modern, responsive
layout that works much better on mobile. Various updates have been made throughout,
including a new homepage that highlights the site's most popular sections.
13 Mar 2026
Andrew Jacobs' Obelisk Pages have been minimally updated to remove HTML frames (allowing pages to be bookmarked) and to make the layout responsive for mobile users.
13 Nov 2022
A new
Application Brief
from Commodore Semiconductor Group, #5 Dual Processor Configuration with the MPS 6508,
has been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to Frank Hughes for providing the original.
7 Nov 2022
Dietrich Lausberg's CPM-65 operating system has been added to the software section on the
Homebuilt Projects page. Full assembly language source code for
this CP/M-derived operating system is available, including an assembler, BASIC, FORTH,
and many utility programs. This system is very complete and can assemble itself.
David Given's CP/M-65 operating system has also been added to the software section on that
page. Unlike CP/M itself, David's system supports relocatable binaries to enable machines
with incompatible memory maps to run the same programs. Ports of the system are available
for several computers. This system developed using tools on a modern computer, with
some portions being written in C.
25 Oct 2022
A copy of Andrew Jacobs' website, formerly hosted at
www.obelisk.me.uk and before that
www.obelisk.demon.co.uk,
is
now available on 6502.org. Andrew
passed away
on January 8, 2021.
12 July 2022
Added a link to James Salvino's 6502Asm assembler to the
Development Tools page.
17 June 2022
Two off-site links to macros have been removed from the
Source Code section
as they are not assembly language routines, which is what the page was originally intended to
collect. The links were removed in response to a user request that even more macros be added.
Instead, the page has been returned to its original purpose.
1 Jun 2020
A preliminary datasheet for the WDC W65C365 microcontroller dated March 1991 has been added to the
Western Design Center
section of the documents archive. Thanks to Garth Wilson for providing the original
for scanning.
A W65C265S datasheet dated December 1992 and a W65C816S datasheet dated July 1994
have been added to the Western Design Center (Older Versions)
section of the documents archive.
A Developer Guide dated July 1994 has been added to the Western Design Center
section of the documents archive.
29 Aug 2019
The December 1981 issue of
PRINTOUT
has been replaced with a new PDF that fixes two missing pages.
26 Aug 2019
The October-November 1978 issue of
PET Gazette
has been added to the Documents Archive.
A preliminary datasheet for the WDC W65C832 microprocessor dated
March 1991 has been added to the
Documents Archive.
Thanks to Garth Wilson for providing the original for scanning.
Volume 1, Issues 8 and 9 of
The PET Paper
have been added to the Documents Archive.
7 May 2019
Mike Barry provided a new version of the
Print Immediate (PRIMM)
routine for the 65C02 that is short and preserves the Y register.
16 Oct 2018
A link to the 6502bench SourceGen disassembler has been added to the
Development Tools page.
11 Oct 2018
Added new 2018 versions of the W65C02S and W65C816S datasheets to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
Garth Wilson for pointing them out.
24 Apr 2018
Added the MOS Technology 65E4 Final Design Specification, an internal
document describing a 6502 successor that was never produced, to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
Frank Hughes for providing it.
24 Apr 2018
Added the Rockwell R6500/1E datasheet to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
Frank Hughes for providing the scan.
11 Apr 2018
A link to RCC16 has been added to the
Compilers and Languages
section. Thanks to Paul Womack for submitting it.
26 Mar 2018
A link to the asmx assembler has been added to the
Development Tools page.
23 Mar 2018
A Synertek SY6500 Microprocessor Products datasheet dated April 1979
has been added to the
Synertek section of the
Documents Archive. Thanks to Josh Bensadon for scanning it.
15 Mar 2018
Added the complete 1981 Data Catalog to the
MOS Technology
section in the Documents Archive. Thanks to Frank Hughes for
providing the originals.
10 Mar 2018
Added more
MOS Technology
datasheets: 6500, 6500/1, 6520, 6523, 6525, 6530, 6532, and 65245.
Thanks to Frank Hughes for providing the originals.
8 Mar 2018
Added
MOS Technology
datasheets for the 2316, 2332, and 2364 ROMs. Thanks to Frank Hughes for
providing the originals.
6 Mar 2018
Seven
Application Briefs
from Commodore Semiconductor Group have been added to the Documents Archive.
Thanks to Frank Hughes for providing the originals.
28 Feb 2018
A cover page has been added to the MOS 6509 datasheet to warn that the
pinout contains an error.
26 Feb 2018
A MOS Technology 6526 CIA datasheet dated March 1981 has been added to
the
MOS datasheets section of
the Documents Archive. Thanks to Frank Hughes for scanning it.
27 Sep 2017
The Summer 1979 issue of
PET Gazette
in the Documents Archive has been replaced with a new PDF that
adds four missing pages.
26 Sep 2017
Volume 1, Issues 3, 6, and 10 of the
Commodore PET Users Club
newsletter have been added to the Documents Archive.
18 Sep 2017
Volume 7 of
Dr. Dobb's Journal
in the Documents Archive has been replaced with a new PDF that adds several
missing pages.
19 Jun 2017
Fixed the link to SYM1_1.BIN on the
SYM-1 Resources
page. Thanks to Paul Beaupre for finding the broken link.
7 Apr 2017
Added Paul Gardner-Stephen's GS4502B project to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
2 Mar 2017
Updated the description of WFDis disassembler
in the
Development Tools page.
8 Feb 2017
Added several web-based assemblers and IDEs
to the
Development Tools page.
21 Dec 2016
A Synertek SY6522 VIA datasheet dated January 1978 has been added to the
Synertek datasheets
section of the Documents Archive.
21 Dec 2016
The complete Synertek 1978 Data Catalog has been added
to the
Synertek datasheets
section of the Documents Archive.
19 Dec 2016
The complete GTE Microcircuits 1984 Data Book has been added
to the
CMD/GTE datasheets
section of the Documents Archive.
The MOS Terminal Interface Monitor (TIM) Manual has been added to
the Books section of the Documents
Archive. Thanks to Bill Goble for donating the original
for scanning.
8 Dec 2016
The G65SCxxx CMOS 8-bit Microprocessor Family datasheet has been added
to the
CMD/GTE datasheets
section of the Documents Archive.
7 Nov 2016
Andrew Holme's phase-accurate HDL core has been added to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
12 Sep 2016
Added errata section to Bruce Clark's Decimal Mode
tutorial.
23 Jul 2016
Issues 57, 58, and 59 of
geoNEWS
have been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to Andrew Fisher for scanning them.
1 Jul 2016
Assembly Lines: The Complete Book has been added to the
Book List.
29 May 2016
Alan Daly's improved 65C02 core has been added to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
28 Apr 2016
Added the MOS Technology 6567 VIC-II datasheet to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
Steve Gray for providing it.
13 Apr 2016
Added the Rockwell R65F11/R65F12 and R65FRx/R65FKx datasheets to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
J.C. Wren for providing them.
12 Apr 2016
An undated Synertek datasheet, SY6500 Microprocessors, has been added to the
Documents Archive.
11 Apr 2016
The Western Digital WD9914 GPIB Controller datasheet has been added to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
Garth Wilson for donating the original for scanning.
29 Mar 2016
Volume 1, Issues 4/5, 7, and 8 of the
Commodore PET Users Club
newsletter have been added to the Documents Archive.
28 Mar 2016
Several disassemblers have been added to the
Development Tools section.
Volume 0, Issue 5 (Incomplete) of the
PET Users Group Newsletter
has been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to John Toebes for loaning it for
scanning.
The Ensoniq 5503 Digital Oscillator Chip (DOC) datasheet has been added
to the Documents Archive. Thanks to
Bil Herd for loaning it for scanning.
27 Mar 2016
Volume 1 of
Dr. Dobb's Journal
has been replaced with a new PDF. It fixes two pages that were in the wrong order.
Volume 9, Issue 3 of the ICPUG newsletter
has been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning it.
21 Mar 2016
The Calc65 floating point arithmetic and transcendental function package
has been added to the
Source Code Repository.
20 Mar 2016
Volume 7, Issue 5 of the
ICPUG newsletter
has been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning it.
18 Mar 2016
The MCS 6500 Family Programming Manual in the
Documents
Archive was incomplete. It has been replaced with a new scan by Rich Cini.
10 Mar 2016
Issues 62, 63, and 64 of
geoNEWS
have been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to Andrew Fisher for scanning them.
28 Feb 2016
Volume 7, Issue 2 of the
ICPUG newsletter
has been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning it.
27 Feb 2016
Volume 5, Issue 6 and Volume 6, Issue 6 of the
ICPUG newsletter
have been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning them.
1 Feb 2016
The Western Digital Storage Products Handbook (June 1984) has been added to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to
Garth Wilson for donating the book.
8 Jan 2016
A collection of embedded emulators on microcontrollers has been added to the
Emulators and Simulators section.
29 Dec 2015
Volume 5, Issues 3 and 5 of the
ICPUG newsletter
have been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning them.
26 Oct 2015
Issues 1-75 of
The Zero Page, the
newsletter of the Commodore Users of Wichita, has been added to the
Documents Archive. Thanks to Dale Lutes for scanning them.
25 Oct 2015
Issues 50, 56, 60, and 61 of
geoNEWS
have been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to Dale Lutes for scanning them.
24 Oct 2015
Volume 5, Issue 4 of the
ICPUG newsletter
has been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning it.
23 Oct 2015
Issues 65-88 of
geoNEWS, a publication of the
UK-based geoCLUB that supported GEOS on Commodore computers, has been added to
the Documents Archive. Thanks to Kevin Steele for scanning them.
13 Oct 2015
The complete 1981 and 1982 years of the
ICPUG newsletter,
published by the Independent Commodore Products Users Group,
have been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner
for scanning them.
10 Oct 2015
SPOT, the Society of PET Owners and Trainers,
has been added to the Documents Archive. SPOT covered the early
years of Commodore PET computers. It was first published in the
People's Computers newsletters and then in Recreational Computing
magazine. Thanks to Harry Saal, the former editor of SPOT, for
providing these extracts.
5 Oct 2015
The Summer 1979 issue of
PET Gazette
has been added to the Documents Archive.
4 Oct 2015
The Spring 1979 issue of
PET Gazette
has been added to the Documents Archive.
The May 1979 issue of
The Number Cruncher
has been added to the Documents Archive. This was an internal company publication
of Rockwell International with Commodore PET content.
Volume 1, Issues 1 and 2 of
PET User Notes
have been replaced with higher quality scans.
Volume 2, issue 1 of
The PET Paper
has been added to the Documents Archive. This PDF was made by retouching scans
found on the commodore.ca
website.
Volume 2, Issue 3 of
The PET Paper
has been added to the Documents Archive.
3 Oct 2015
Mike Barry's port of VTL-2
in the Source Code Repository is updated to revision B, adding bitwise operators,
peek and poke, and supporting indentation.
Volume 1, Issue 6 (August 1978) of
The PET Paper
has been replaced with a new PDF that adds missing pages. Thanks
to Ethan Dicks for noticing this issue.
30 Sep 2015
The March 1983 issue of
PRINTOUT has been
replaced with a new PDF where page 23 is not damaged.
23 Sep 2015
The March, June, August, and December 1982 issues of
PRINTOUT have been added to the
Documents Archive.
11 Sep 2015
Volumes 8-10 and 13 of
Dr. Dobb's Journal
have been added to the Documents Archive.
6 Sep 2015
Dieter Müller's pages have been updated with a new design, X02,
which is an experimental 6502 compatible CPU.
7 Aug 2015
The May, July, September, October, and November 1982 issues of
PRINTOUT have been added to the
Documents Archive. These PDFs were made from images that had been posted on the
World of Spectrum website and
were found by David Viner.
4 Aug 2015
The March and April 1983 issues of
PRINTOUT
have been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning them.
31 Jul 2015
MOS Technology preliminary
datasheets dated August 1975 for the 650x microprocessors and 6530 RRIOT have
been added to the Documents Archive. The PDFs were made from scans found on the
Fountainware 6502 Memorabilia
page.
25 Jul 2015
The February 1983 issue of
PRINTOUT
has been added to the Documents Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning it.
24 Jul 2015
The Fall 1986 issue of
CBUG Escape
has been added to the Document Archive.
15 Jul 2015
The December 1979 through June 1981, December 1981, and January 1983
issues of
PRINTOUT,
a Commodore PET magazine, have been added to the Document Archive.
Thanks to David Viner for scanning them.
4 Jun 2015
All issues of
AIM Interactive
have been replaced with new PDFs that have OCR behind the images.
2 Jun 2015
Added a new datasheet for the Rockwell R65C00/21 Dual CMOS Microcomputer
and R65C29 Dual CMOS Microprocessor. Thanks to Jeff Laughton and
Garth Wilson for submitting it.
27 May 2015
Volume 3, Issue 1 of the
ICPUG newsletter
has been added to the Document Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning it.
23 May 2015
Commodore Club News
Volume 3, Issues 4-11 and Volume 4, Issue 1 have been added to the Documents
Archive. Thanks to David Viner for scanning them.
22 May 2015
All of the
California Micro Devices (GTE)
datasheets have been replaced with new PDFs that have the images
deskewed and OCR behind the images.
18 May 2015
The Rockwell R65C52, R6549, R6545-1, R6531, R6530, R65C24, R6522,
R65C21, and R6520 datasheets have been replaced with new PDFs
that have the images deskewed and OCR behind the images.
15 May 2015
All of the
MOS Technology datasheets
have been replaced with new PDFs that have the images deskewed and
OCR behind the images.
17 Mar 2015
Volume 3, Issues 6 through 10 and Volume 4, Issues 1 through 4 of
The PET Paper
are now available in the Documents Archive. Thanks to Ernie
Chorny for providing the originals and Steve Gray for scanning them.
16 Mar 2015
All issues of
SuperPET Gazette
in the Documents Archive have been replaced with new PDFs that
have OCR behind the images.
15 Mar 2015
Volume 3, Issues 1 through 5 of The PET Paper are now available in the
Documents Archive. Thanks to Ernie Chorny for providing the originals
and Steve Gray for scanning them.
12 Mar 2015
"Best of the PET Gazette" is now available in the Documents Archive. Thanks to
Ernie Chorny for providing the original and Steve Gray for scanning it.
Volume 1, Issue 9 of the Commodore PET Users Club Newsletter is now available
in the Documents Archive. Thanks to Ernie Chorny for providing the original
and Steve Gray for scanning it.
10 Mar 2015
Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Commodore PET Users Club Newsletter is now available
for download in the Documents Archive. Thanks to Ernie Chorny for providing
the original and Steve Gray for scanning it.
9 Feb 2015
Datasheets for the WDC W65C02S, W65C134S, and W65C51N have been updated
in the
WDC section of the
datasheets archive.
27 Jan 2015
Added Dirk Grappendorf's mobile home computer to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
31 Dec 2014
Added Steckschwein, a 65C02-based homebuilt computer, to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
11 Dec 2014
Added Ariejan de Vroom's i6502 emulator to the Emulators and Simulators section.
4 Nov 2014
Added Saturn Software Limited documents (SK-FORTH79, SYM-PASCAL, and X-RAY)
to the Synertek SYM-1 Resources pages. Contributed by Phillip Musumeci.
19 Oct 2014
Added documentation for the perSYMone FDC-1 Floppy Disk Controller to the
Synertek SYM-1 Resources pages. Contributed by Andrew Dunn.
31 Jul 2014
We are very sad to report that Lee Davison (leeeeee) has
passed away.
12 June 2014
Added a link to Paul Annesley's go6502 emulator to the Emulators and Simulators section.
29 May 2014
Added a link to Aaron Mell's 6502Net emulator to the Emulators and Simulators section.
17 May 2014
Added Seth Morabito's 6502 SBC and Andy Vorontsov's RW6HRM 6502 SBC to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
17 Apr 2014
Added InfoWAT volume I numbers 3 through 8 to the Documents Archive.
Thanks to Michael Cook for loaning the originals for scanning. Please
contact us if you have any additional issues of InfoWAT or WATCOM News.
15 Apr 2014
Added SuperPET Gazette volume II numbers 5, 6, and 9 to the Documents Archive.
Thanks to Michael Cook for loaning the originals for scanning.
17 Oct 2013
Added version 2 of BigDumbDinosaur's W65C816 String Manipulation Library to the
Source Code section.
8 Oct 2013
Fixed the download link for TASM on the Assemblers and Disassemblers page.
Thanks to Bryant Keller for finding the broken link.
6 Oct 2013
Added the W65C134S and W65C265S monitor ROM manuals and listings to
the
WDC section of the
datasheets archive.
15 Jul 2013
Added BigDumbDinosaur's W65C816 String Manipulation Library to the
Source Code section.
12 Jul 2013
Dieter Müller's pages have been updated.
Added a link to Brit Butler's cl-6502 emulator in the Emulators and Simulators section.
6 Jan 2013
Added a link to Don Buska's SYM-1 pages to the
SYM-1 Resources section.
Added a link to "6502 Pages" to the SYM-1 Resources section.
5 Jan 2013
Added most issues of CBUG Escape, the newsletter of the Chicago B128 Users Group,
to the Documents Archive. Thanks to
Bill Degnan
and Steve Gray for loaning the originals for
scanning. If you have issue 6, issue 11, or any other CBUG materials, please contact us.
Added a link to Seth Morabito's Symon simulator in the Emulators and Simulators section.
2 Dec 2012
Several issues of Northwest Computer News are now available in the Documents section.
Thanks to Derrick Brundage for loaning the originals.
4 Nov 2012
We are very sad to report that Tony Gonzalez (Nightmaretony)
passed away
today.
2 Nov 2012
Correct two mistakes in the 6502 opcode timings.
11 Oct 2012
Link to two 6502-related mailing lists and a Google Plus page on the Discussion Groups page.
Add links to three more homebuilds in the Homebuilt Projects section.
Add section for 6502 test suites in the Emulators and Simulators section.
Update the descriptions of the Development and Emulators pages.
Add a section on HDL 6502 models in the Homebuilt Projects section.
21 Sep 2012
Fix up link to Grant Searle's UK101 page in the Homebuilt Projects section.
25 Aug 2012
Added a link to Nick Morgan's Easy 6502 website in the Emulators and Simulators section.
19 Aug 2012
Added a link to the Acheron VM project on the Homebuilt Projects section.
14 Aug 2012
Added a link to BigDumbDinosaur's 65C816 macros for Michal Kowalski's 6502
Macroassembler and Simulator on the Source Code page.
Added links to new SBC project pages from BigDumbDinosaur and Dajgoro on the
Homebuilt Projects page.
12 Aug 2012
Added links to Garth Wilson's 6502 Primer, RS-232 Primer, and Tip of the Day
to the Tutorials & Primers page.
Added several new links to Garth Wilson's site on the Source Code page.
6 Aug 2012
Fixed links for T65 and Free-6502 on the Homebuilt Projects page.
5 Aug 2012
Fixed link to The Microtan65 Page on the Simple Microcomputers and Trainers page.
4 Aug 2012
Fixed links to ACME and WLA DX on the Assemblers and Disassemblers page.
Removed several dead links and fixed others on the Homebuilt Projects page.
Added links to dev65 and cc65 on the Assemblers and Disassemblers page.
3 Aug 2012
The source code for the website is now available in a
public repository on GitHub. If you would
like to contribute to the site directly, you can fork the repository on GitHub and then send
pull requests with your changes.
27 May 2012
Added a new datasheet for the Rockwell 65C24 PIAT.
24 May 2012
The forum is back after a week of downtime.
18 Feb 2012
Added the SYM-1 version of "Microprocessor Fundamentals, a Short Course for Scientists and Engineers"
to the
Books section of the Documents Archive. Thanks to
Andrew Lankford for sending an original copy.
3 Jan 2012
Fixed links to Lee Davison's website.
2 Jan 2012
Fixed the link to Michal Kowalski's 6502 Macroassembler and Simulator.
4 Apr 2011
Volume 0, Numbers 0 though 2 of the PET Users Group Newsletter are now available
for download in the Documents Archive. Number 2 is incomplete, please contact
us if you have it or any other issues.
18 Dec 2010
Updated all of the Western Design Center datasheets in the Documents
Archive to newer versions. Thanks to BigDumbDinosaur for noticing
the updates on the WDC website.
26 Nov 2010
Added most Volume II issues of SuperPET Gazette to the Documents Archive.
Thanks to John Toebes for loaning the originals and assistance with
scanning. We are still missing the following issues from Volume II:
Number 5, Number 6, Number 9. Please contact us if you have these issues.
An older version of the MOS 6500-series datasheet (marked Preliminary and dated
May 1976) is now available in the MOS section
of the datasheets archive. Thanks to John Toebes for loaning us the original to scan.
20 Nov 2010
Added a new link to the
Visual
Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 CPU on the Emulation and
Simulators page.
Updated the link to Mertkan YILDIRIMLI's "My Little Simulator" on
the Emulation and Simulators page. Thanks to both Mertkan and
Ed Spittles for letting us know.
13 Nov 2010
SuperPET Gazette, all of Volume 1 and the first issue of Volume 2,
are now available from the Documents Archive. Thanks to Barry Bogart
for loaning the originals for scanning.
3 Apr 2010
Added a link to ReCo6502, John Kortink's remake of the Acorn 6502 Second
Processor, on the Homebuilt Projects page.
Updated the description of Piotr Fusik's XASM assembler on the Assemblers
and Disassemblers section. XASM was previously DOS-only but is portable
since version 3.0.0.
Updated the link to Halldor's 6502 project on the Homebuilt Projects page.
Added Virtual6502 to the Emulation and Simulator pages. Virtual6502 is a
multi-purpose 6502 emulator for Win32, written by Rich Whitehouse.
Fixed the link to Sierra Circuit Design on the Commercial Resources page.
28 Mar 2010
Updated links to Adam's Great 6502 Projects, Daniel's T65, Pete's Robot,
and Roland's Atom-in-PC on the Homebuilt Projects page.
Added a new source code listing, Convert 32-bit Binary to ASCII Number String,
to the Source Code Repository. Contributed by BigDumbDinosaur.
Fixed the link to RAE_E000.BIN on the
SYM-1 Resources page. Thanks
to George Leibman and Dallas Shell for finding the broken link.
3 Jan 2010
PET User Notes volume 1, issue 7 is now available from the Documents Archive.
Fixed line wrapping that broke assembly of the Intel HEX File Downloader listings
in the Source Code Repository. Thanks to Garth Wilson for noticing this.
Added a new source code listing, Convert ASCII Number String to 32-bit Binary,
to the Source Code Repository. Contributed by BigDumbDinosaur.
Added Jeff Laughton's KimKlone
to the Homebuilt Projects section. The KimKlone is a computer that
uses a standard 65C02 enhanced by off-chip circuitry. Its features
include extensions that give it a 16MB address space and hardware
acceleration for the Forth programming language.
Volume 0, Number 3 and Volume 0, Number 4 of the PET Users Group Newsletter, published by the
University of California at Berekely's Lawrence Hall of Science under the Computer Project, are
now available for download in the Documents Archive.
The first six issues of The PET Paper, published by ARESCO of Audubon, Pennsylvania,
are now available for download in the Documents Archive.
The first issue of the Commodore PET Users Club Newsletter, an official Commodore
publication, is now available for download in the Documents Archive.
1 Nov 2009
Several additional issues of
PET User Notes
are now available from the Documents Archive.
2 August 2009
Dieter Müller's pages are now hosted on 6502.org. Dieter
has built a homebuilt 6502-based project without a microprocessor IC or even FPGAs. Instead,
he built his own 6502 work-alike using 40 ICs on two PCBs: mostly spare EPROMs and 74xx-series
logic. The custom CPU has several improvements over the original 6502, such as a 16MB address
range, most 65C02 opcodes, and some 65C816 features. The M02 computer includes a graphical LCD
display and keyboard, and runs the KERNAL and BASIC ROMs from the Commodore 64.
26 July 2009
MICRO issues 44, 45, 46, and 47 are now available from the
Documents Archive.
28 June 2009
MICRO issue 65 is
now available from the Documents Archive. Thanks to Ken Sumrall and Richard
Cini for contributing it.
A new tutorial on Decimal Mode has
been contributed by Bruce Clark.
A new tutorial on 65C02 Opcodes has
been contributed by Bruce Clark.
20 June 2009
An updated W65C816S datasheet (dated June 18, 2009) is now available in
the
WDC section of the datasheets archive.
Added Py65, a 6502 simulator written in Python, to the
Emulation and Simulators page.
11 June 2009
An updated W65C816S datasheet (dated June 10, 2009) is now available in
the
WDC section of the datasheets archive.
An updated W65C02S datasheet (dated April 14, 2009) is now available in
the WDC section of the datasheets archive.
An updated W65C22S datasheet (dated Jun 1, 2009) is now available in
the WDC section of the datasheets archive.
18 May 2009
Updated the link to Sheldon Simms' Sim65 simulator. Thanks to Ed Spittles
for pointing it out to us.
20 Apr 2009
Added the MOS 6500/1 One-Chip Microcomputer datasheet to the Datasheets Archive. Thanks
to Richard Cini, whose website was the original source for this datasheet.
14 Apr 2009
Added Sitronix to the Commercial Support page. Thanks to Oscar Lindberg
for letting us know about them.
9 Jan 2009
Added a link and mirror of Ian Piumarta's lib6502 to the
Emulators page of the Development Tools section. Thanks to Ed Spittles for letting us
know about it.
5 Oct 2008
Updated datasheets for all Western Design Center parts are now available
in the
datasheets archive.
Special thanks to Hans Otten who helped us correct many links on the
Homebuilt Projects page.
20 Sep 2008
MICRO issue 53 and
Compute II issue 3 are
now available from the Documents Archive. Thanks to Bill Degnan for loaning
us the originals for scanning.
7 Aug 2008
MICRO issues 21 though 23 are
now available
from the Documents Archive.
22 Jul 2008
MICRO issues 26 though 30 are
now available
from the Documents Archive.
7 Jul 2008
A link to DASM, a cross-platform macro assembler, has been added to the
Assemblers and Disassemblers page.
A link to DOS/65, an interesting operating system with file system compatibility
to CP/M-80, has been added to the
Homebuilt Projects page.
30 Jun 2008
A large number of
CompuKit UK101 documents
have been added to the Documents Archive. Our thanks to Neil Chadderton for scanning them.
26 Jun 2008
If you are interested in acquiring a Compukit UK101, check out
this eBay auction.
We don't normally post this kind of announcement but the seller was kind enough
to send us scans of the documentation for inclusion on 6502.org. Thanks.
19 Jun 2008
A new book, "6502 Machine Code for Humans", has been added to the
Book List.
Thanks to Adam Trionfo for pointing it out.
A link to the Oric SDK has been added
to the languages section of our tools listing. Thanks to Mickael Pointier for telling us about it.
A link to the 6502 Assembler & Emulator in JavaScript has
been added to the emulators section of our tools listing. Thanks to Leslie Ayling for sending in the link.
Another JavaScript-based assembler and emulator,
Virtual 6502, has
been added to the emulators section of our tools listing. Thanks to Norbert Landsteiner for sending in the link.
The link to Erik van den Broeck's KIM-1 Page on the
Simple Microcomputers and Trainers page has been updated. Thanks to Erik for letting us know.
Added the SYM-1 Supermon and audio cassette interface sources to the
SYM-1 Resources page. Thanks to Lee Davison for contributing it.
The link to Chris Ward's 6502 Computer on the
Homebuilt Projects page has been updated. Thanks to Chris for letting us know.
Nice reproductions of the 6526 CIA and 6545 CRTC datasheets are now available
in the MOS Technology Datasheets. Thanks
to Markku Alén for building these.
A link to the SYS8 Platform & Simulator
been added to the emulators section of our tools listing. Thanks to Markku Alén for sending in the link.
A link to Mertkan YILDIRIMLI's My Little Simulator
been added to the emulators section of our tools listing. Thanks to Mertkan for telling us about it.
Many additions and corrections have been made to the
Book List thanks to Wilfred Bos.
The picoViewer interactive 6502 disassembler for PalmOS has been made available as a direct
download from the assemblers and disassemblers section of our tools listing. Thanks to Shirley Chin of Picodoc Corporation.
17 Jun 2008
Registration for the
forum is open again after being
temporarily disabled due to spam problem. We've added some measures to help prevent
forum spam in the future.
25 May 2008
6502.org is now the official home of iDOC=, the Commodore documentation archive, that
was previously run by
Peter Karlsson for
many years. Its new location is
cbm.6502.org.
18 May 2008
The link to
Sunplus Technology on the
Commercial Support page has been updated. Thanks to Lee Davison for
pointing it out.
3 Dec 2007
Bruce Clark's tutorial,
The Overflow (V) Flag Explained,
has been updated to include a short story about the SO pin from former Commodore engineer
Bil Herd.
22 Nov 2007
Several SYM-1 links have been corrected on the site. Thanks to Dwight Elvey for pointing
these out.
11 Nov 2007
We've updated a number of different areas of the site, including pages that
have not been updated in some time like
Development Tools and
Simple Microcomputer and Trainers.
We will be continuing updates throughout the week, so please let us know
if you have any issues.
10 Nov 2007
Daryl Rictor has submitted a new datasheet for the Rockwell R6501Q
One-Chip Microprocessor. It has been added to the
Rockwell section of the
Datasheets Archive.
7 Nov 2007
A small error has been corrected in the
NMOS 6502 Opcodes tutorial.
Thanks to David Wilson for noticing this.
11 Oct 2007
Simon Jansen has built a replica of
Bender, a robot character
from the television series Futurama. In addition to brewing beer,
Simon's project includes
a 6502 SBC with IR control and audio playback. It has been added to the
Homebuilt Projects section.
7 Oct 2007
MICRO Magazine issues 61-76 are now available in the
Documents Archive. Thanks
again to Richard Cini for contributing these.
22 Jul 2007
Datasheets for several Motorola line drivers and receivers often used on 6502-based
equipment has been added to the
Documents Archive.
Thanks to Garth Wilson for contributing these.
Two new Synertek documents, "1981 Domestic Price List" and "Popular Microcomputer
Products from Synertek" have been added to the
Documents Archive.
Thanks to Dallas Shell for contributing these.
20 Jul 2007
MICRO Magazine issues 7-10 are now available in the
Documents Archive. Thanks
to Richard Cini for contributing these.
1 Jul 2007
Richard Cini has contributed several complete books to the
Documents Archive. The
titles are KIM Hints, KIM-1 User Manual, First Book of KIM, MCS6500
Family Hardware Manual, and MCS6500 Family Programming Manual.
24 Jun 2007
Paul Fellingham has contributed a
new
mini-project that shows how to build a priority interrupt encoder
with minimum interrupt level masking.
21 Jun 2007
"Microprocessor Fundamentals, a Short Course for Scientists and
Engineers" was contributed by Steven Stengel and added to the
Documents area. This is a 244-page introductory
course designed to be used with the KIM-1. It teaches beginning logic
and hardware basics up through number systems and software design. The
appendices contain KIM-1 software, TTL reference sheets, MOS
datasheets, and more.
5 May 2007
Larry Wells contributed the GTE datasheet for the G65SC802/G65SC816
microprocessors, dated April 1985. It can be found in the
Datasheets
Archive area for CMD/GTE.
A link to the CMD
Obsolete Product Datasheets
has been added to the Commercial Support area. Thanks to DiGGr for pointing it out.
A link to Grant's MicroUK101 has been updated in the Homebuilt
Projects section. Thanks to Derek Peschel for finding it.
Paul Fellingham contributed a new mini-project for
Clock Speed Switching.
19 Dec 2006
Links to projects from Dieter Müller and PSALM have been updated on the Homebuilt
Project page. Thanks to Dieter Müller for reporting them.
11 Nov 2006
The
6502.org Forum has moved to
http://forum.6502.org. Please update your bookmarks.
The old "Supporting Materials" area of the site has been removed because we never received
much useful content to put in it. We may bring it back in the future if good content
becomes available for it.
The link to Samuel Falvo's Kestrel Project
has changed. Samuel has built a small number of 65C816-based projects and his site provides
schematics, software, and design documents.
Warren Moore's 6502 project pages have been taken offline and the link has been removed
from the Homebuilt Projects section.
MATHPAC, an extension to KIMATH for the KIM-1, has been added to the
Microcomputers & Trainers
section. Thanks to Paul R. Santa-Maria for submitting it.
Dave Dixon sent in a link to Reverse Engineering the 6502.
These Hungarian-only pages include high-resolution scans
of the actual 6502 silicon and an impressive attempt to make a schematic from them.
Brian M. Phelps submitted a link to his project,
S/O/S SyMon II, a 65(C)02 BIOS with
a monitor and assembler. His pages contain photos and descriptions of several 6502 SBC projects along with
documentation and software for S/O/S SyMon II.
Kevin Savetz submitted a link to Machine Language for Beginners,
a book published in 1983 by Compute! Books to shows BASIC programmers how to program in 6502 machine language.
It has now been made available online at AtariArchives.org with
permission from the copyright holder.
Lee Davison has fully disassembled SYM-1 BASIC and made it available for download on his site.
Paul Zaleski sent in a link to Breadboard a Computer,
J.B. Calvert's tutorial page that uses small 6504-based circuits to teach the fundamentals of
a microcomputer system.
Doug Felton of Avocet Systems submitted updated company information for the Commercial Support
page.
7 Sep 2006
Updated datasheets are now available for the G65SC02, G65SC21, G65SC22, G65SC51, G65SC150,
and G65SC151 from California Micro Devices (GTE). They are now available in the
Documents Archive. Thanks to Ronald van Dijk
for finding them.
6 Sep 2006
The datasheet for the Rockwell R6511Q One-Chip Microprocessor&R6500/13
One-Chip Microcomputer has been added to the
Documents Archive.
Thanks to Ken Sumrall for scanning it.
25 Aug 2006
Richard Cini has scanned nine new issues of MICRO Magazine. Issues 31 through 39
have been added to the
Documents Archive.
9 Jul 2006
RDY Generation for CMOS 65C02 Microprocessors
has been added to the Hardware Mini-Projects section. Andre Fachat describes a
generic schematic for generating the RDY line used by the 65C02 microprocessor to
hold bus accesses when a device is not ready.
29 Jun 2006
6502.org has completed its move to a new server provided by Mike Naberezny. The
new server will provide increased bandwidth, storage, and allow for more new
features to be added to 6502.org. We'd like to very sincerely thank Ross Archer who
has generously donated the previous hosting for the past few years.
3 Dec 2005
Ryan's Nixie Clock has been added to the
Homebuilt Projects section. Ryan Brooks has
built a Nixie tube clock that is driven by a 6502 with 8K RAM, 8K EPROM, and a 6522
VIA. The RAM used is a Dallas DS1742, which also acts as the real time clock. His
page includes photos, schematics, and source code.
14 Aug 2005
Samuel Falvo's Kestrel 1p3
has been added to the Homebuilt Projects section. This 65C816-based project includes
32K RAM, and a 65C22 for I/O. This computer has no ROM, instead it includes an "IPL"
(Initial Program Load) port that a host computer uses to take control of the busses and
write the program into RAM.
Mike Naberezny's 6504 SBC was
slightly updated and has returned to the Homebuilt Projects section.
Dieter Müller's M02 project
has been added to the Homebuilt Projects section. Dieter has built a homebuilt 6502-based
project without a microprocessor IC or even FPGAs. Instead, he built his own 6502 work-alike
using 40 ICs on two PCBs: mostly spare EPROMs and 74xx-series logic. The custom CPU has
several improvements over the original 6502, such as a 16MB address range, most 65C02
opcodes, and some 65C816 features. The M02 computer includes a graphical LCD display and
keyboard, and runs the KERNAL and BASIC ROMs from the Commodore 64.
6 Aug 2005
Rafal Szyja submitted another Polish language book to the book list,
"Mikroprocesor 6502 i jego rodzina".
Eugene Dorr has written a KIM-1 emulator for the Palm called vKIM
("Virtual KIM"). It is now linked in the Simple Microcomputers & Trainers section.
1 Aug 2005
Brian Lyons submitted Synertek's Application Note AN3 on the 6545 CRT Controller,
which was scanned by Richard Cini. It has been added to the
Application Notes section.
A link to Anton Treuenfels' cross assembler, HXA, has been added to assemblers
list in the Cross-Development section.
The "MOS6500 Microcomputer Programming Manual" was submitted by both Antonio
Giuliana and Mats Rosengren. It has been added to the book list.
Gary Becker's OSI-SOC has been
added to the Homebuilt Projects section. Gary has built an enhanced OSI Superboard
system in an FPGA. It currently features: 64x32 character, 8 color video on a VGA
monitor, 40K main RAM memory, 8K BASIC in ROM, PS/2 keyboard that emulates the original
matrix keyboard two 6850 UARTs, an enhanced monitor, and some tape software.
24 Jul 2005
Esa Vesalainen submitted two books to the book list, "Teach Yourself Assembler 6502"
and "Assembler Routines for the 6502".
Jurgi submitted a Polish language book to the book list, "Asembler 6502".
A broken link to the Rockwell R65C21 PIA datasheet was fixed in the Documents Archive.
30 May 2005
Antonio Pedreira Rios has submitted the datasheet for the Rockwell R6531
RRIOC (ROM-RAM-I/O-Counter). It can now be found in the Rockwell section
of the Datasheets Archive.
25 Apr 2005
The datasheets for the Rockwell CMOS parts have been added. Datasheets are now
available for the R65C02/102/112, R65C19, R65C21, and R65C52:
/documents/datasheets/rockwell
A new category, Application Notes, has been created in the Documents Archive.
The first item to be place here is an application note called "The CMOS 6502":
/documents/appnotes
5 Feb 2005
A dead link to the VAutomation 6502 synthesizable core was removed from
the Commercial Support area. Thanks to Peter Crossley for pointing this out.
If anyone has an updated link, please forward it to us.
31 Jan 2005
In
Zero-Overhead Forth Interrupts,
Garth Wilson shows how to efficiently service interrupts in high-level Forth on
indirect-threaded Forth systems.
30 Jan 2005
Bruce Clark has submitted a new tutorial on
Register Preservation
that has been added to the Tutorials and Primers section. It shows common
methods for preserving registers on the stack and also teaches how to properly
distinguish whether an interrupt was caused by IRQ or the BRK instruction.
12 Dec 2004
Greg Cook's
CRC Calculations have
been added to the Source Code Repository. These routines execute in constant
cycle time and do not require lookup tables.
30 Oct 2004
Jack Rubin has scanned five more issues of the magazine "MICRO: The 6502 Journal",
issues 11 through 15, and they are now available for download.
31 Aug 2004
Jack Rubin has scanned the first year of the magazine "MICRO: The 6502 Journal".
All six issues are available for download from the Documents Archive:
/documents/publications/micro.
12 Jul 2004
Jonathyn Bet'nct has submitted two routines for comparing strings in Pascal format
(length byte followed by string) that have been added to the Source Code Repository.
7 Jun 2004
Garth Wilson has written an excellent primer on programming interrupts that
can be found in the
Tutorials and Primers section.
It introduces the concept of interrupts, demonstrates how to code interrupt
handlers, explains special interrupt types (NMI, BRK, WAI), provides three
sample projects that make good use of interrupts, and discusses performance
considerations.
6 Jun 2004
The Datasheets Archive has moved. It can now be found here:
/documents/datasheets/. In addition to having
a new layout, all of the existing datasheets have now been converted to PDF format. A large
number of additional datasheets have also been added, particularly from Rockwell and WDC.
31 May 2004
Andrew Dunn's SYMulator, a working SYM-1 simulator based on Daryl Rictor's
65C02 simulator, has been added to the SYM-1 section of the
Microprocessors & Trainers area.
Paul Beaupre has submitted the RAE Reference Card from the SYM-1 Users
Group and it has also been added to the SYM-1 section of the
Microprocessors & Trainers area.
Daryl Rictor's 65C816 converter, an adapter board to allow a 65C816 to
be installed in a 6502 socket, has been added to the Hardware Mini-Projects
section.
Mats Rosengren has expanded his Optimal Sort to sort large numbers of
16-bit elements. It can be found in the Sorting Algorithms section of the
Source Code Repository.
Invector Embedded Technologies produces embedded controller boards including
the IET6502SBC, a small SBC with a 65C02, 65C22, four-port UART, 128K RAM,
ethernet controller, and connections for a graphical LCD display. A link has
been added to the Commercial Support area.
4 Apr 2004
Tony Gonzalez's address line test routine has been added to the
General Purpose category of the Source Code Repository.
Bruce Clark has submitted another contribution to the Tutorials and Primers
section, this one explaining the sometimes mysterious Overflow (V) Flag.
3 Apr 2004
Bruce Clark has made two excellent submissions. Practical Memory Move
Routines can be found in the General Purpose category of the Source Code
Repository. It presents several very useful routines for block memory
moves. Beyond 8-bit Unsigned Comparisons is an extensive tutorial on
signed and unsigned comparisons and it can now be found in the Tutorials
and Primers section.
20 Mar 2004
Martin Arndt's Fast Multiplication routine, an algorithm that uses tables
of squares to quickly multiply two numbers, has been added to the Source
Code Repository.
Andrew Jabobs' Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion routines have also been
added to the Source Code Repository.
Fredrik Ramsberg's Shell Sort, an efficient sorting routine for large
collections of 16-bit values, has been added to the Source Code Repository.
Marco Baye's ACME cross-assembler, an assembler supporting the
6502/65C02/65C816 that runs on several different platforms including DOS
and Linux, has been added to the list of assemblers in the
Cross-Development Tools area.
Warren Moore's 6502 Project has been added to the Homebuilt Projects list.
This is Warren's first attempt at constructing a 6502-based computer and he
chronicles his construction experience in a daily, illustrated log.
Carsten Strotmann's instructions for porting Sweet 16 have been added to
the Source Code Repository. Sweet 16 is a metaprocessor or "pseudo microprocessor"
implemented in 6502 assembly language. Originally written by Steve Wozniak and
used in the Apple II, Sweet 16 can also be ported to other 6502-based systems to
provide useful 16-bit functionality. This article includes the source code for
Sweet 16, along with a brief history, programming instructions, and notes to help
port it.
Daniel Wallner's T65 core has been added to the Homebuilt Projects section.
The T65 is a free 6502 VHDL core that supports the 6502, 65C02, and 65C816
instruction sets. A reference SoC design is also provided,
complete with ROM, RAM, and two 16450-compatible UARTs.
4 Feb 2004
Mats Rosengren's Optimal Sort, another improvement on the traditional bubble
sort, has been added to the Source Code Repository.
Toshi Morita has ported LCC to compile for the 65C816. It is now available
for download, including source code for the compiler itself, from the Languages
area of the Development Tools section.
27 Jan 2004
Garth Wilson's routines for converting 8- and 16-bit hexadecimal numbers to their
decimal (BCD) equivalents have been added to the Source Code Repository.
26 Jan 2004
Several broken KIM-1 links in the have been corrected or removed. Thanks to
Dallas Shell for pointing these out.
25 Dec 2003
Sim65 - Sheldon Simms' 65C02 simulator
and debugger for Linux/GTK systems, has been added to the list of emulators
and simulators.
24 Oct 2003
Two missing binaries on the
SYM-1 Page
have been fixed. Thanks to Hans Otten for pointing this out.
19 Oct 2003
A link to
Rob Greene's Electronics Projects
has been added to the Homebuilt Projects section. Rob's pages detail his
experiments creating a VGA video subsystem for a 65C02-based SBC by using a
PIC microcontroller.
Krzysztof Swiecicki's Projects have also
been added to the Homebuilt Projects section. Krzysztof is a 6502 enthusiast
from Poland. He has built some very interesting projects, including a 16450-based
serial port, AD1848-based audio output, an SBC with an overclocked 65C02, and a
fuel injection computer based on the 65SC816.
12 Oct 2003
Garth Wilson's Projects have been added to 6502.org.
Garth has detailed several of his 6502-based projects and his pages contain many
photographs and schematics.
26 Jan 2003
Keith Howell's
Acorn Atom in an FPGA has been added to the Homebuilt Projects
section. Keith's project uses an FPGA to implement the glue logic, a superset
of the 6847 video controller, and a PS/2 keyboard interface.
Sprow's MiniB has also
been added to the Homebuilt Projects section. Smaller than a 3.5" floppy
disk, its features include a 20x4 LCD display, 128K Flash ROM, a Real Time Clock,
and a programmable logic device.
4 Jan 2003
The datasheet MOS Technology's 6562/6563 Video Interface Chip (VIC) has
been added to the
Datasheets Archive.
Thanks to David Seiter and Cameron Kaiser for providing it.
There is now a wealth of Synertek SYM-1 information in the new
SYM-1 Resources section.
Special thanks to Leland Goertz, René Sommerlatt, and
Dallas Shell for this material.
In addition to the new SYM-1 section, the Datasheets Archive now
contains several new Synertek documents, including a 318-page full
databook from 1981-1982!
1 Dec 2002
A tutorial on the 6502's
Compare Instructions
has been added to the
Tutorials section.
Datasheets for Commodore Semiconductor Group (CSG)'s 6508, 6509, 6510,
and 65245 have been added to the Datasheets Archive. Thanks to
Rich Cini for scanning these to PDF format.
28 Nov 2002
A
FireCracker CM17A interface
has been added to the
Mini-Projects section. This
project shows how to connect X-10's RF interface for the PC to a
6502-based machine for home automation projects.
21 Oct 2002
The
Source Code Repository now includes a new submission
from Garth Wilson,
UM/MOD.
These are routines for the unsigned division of a 32-bit dividend by a 16-bit
divisor, resulting with a 16-bit quotient and a 16-bit remainder. Versions are
presented for the 65C02 (with changes for use on the 6502) and 65C816, with
notes of interest to Forth users.
Adam Luoranen's 6502-based
projects have been added to the Homemade
Computers & Hardware Projects section. Adam's projects include a
simple LED-blinker and interfacing a KS0108-based graphical LCD panel.
Peter Jennings' famous MicroChess
game has also been added to the Source Code Repository, along with a modified
version by Daryl Rictor for use over a 6551-based serial port.
The Maniac II has
also been added to the Homemade Computers & Hardware Projects section.
This site by Tomasz Piotrowski has pictures and details about the Maniac II,
an impressive compact 65C816 computer with keyboard and LCD screen that
resembles a small laptop.
Vern Graner's KIM-1 Enthusiasts Page
has been added to the Simple
Microcomputers and Trainers section. Vern's site for KIM-1 users
includes documents, programs, and a photo gallery.
29 Aug 2002
A new forum (message board) has been set up on the 6502.org server!
The 6502.org Users Forum
will replace our old forum on DelphiForums. Please register yourself and
start interacting with other 6502 enthusiasts. Since it's hosted right
here on 6502.org, you won't be subjected to advertising or unwanted e-mail.
26 Aug 2002
Lee Davison's pages have moved and are now linked correctly from the
Homebuilt Projects section. Thanks to Gordon Zaft and Daryl Rictor
for helping us keep the links up to date.
Ian Pun's KIM-1
Pages have also moved and the link in the Simple Microcomputers and Trainers
section has been updated.
15 Apr 2002
Mike Genovy's
6502 pages
have moved and the link has been updated.
The 6502
Webring addresses have also been changed and are now
functional again.
21 Feb 2002
Delphi Forums has changed their URL. Our forum is still accessible at
http://forums.delphiforums.com/6502.
Please update your bookmarks and join in the discussions!
10 Oct 2001
A new section has been added to 6502.org called
Supporting Materials. This area
will hold any useful programs, circuits, or tools that may be of interest
to the 6502 developer but are not specifically geared towards the
6502. The first entry in this new section is an
EEPROM
Programmer by Jay Kominek.
20 Sep 2001
Special thanks to Wolfgang Guenther for helping us correct broken
links in the
SYM-1 and
Datasheets Archive sections!
Added RICE65, a 65C02 In-Circuit-Emulator from I-Pal Communications, to
the Commercial Support page.
Added AS65, Frank Falstaff's two-pass 6502/65C02 assembler for DOS, to
the Assemblers page in the
Cross-Development section.
Lee Davison now has a new
webpage showcasing his 6502 projects. It is
also the new home of his BASIC interpreter, EhBASIC. The link has been
added to the Homebuilt Projects section.
31 Aug 2001
Simon Collis has developed a 6502 assembler called
A6 which runs on DOS,
Unix, and AmigaOS. A link to the program has been added to the Assemblers
area of the Cross-Development pages.
5 Aug 2001
Phil Pemberton's 6502 Appreciation Group now has a mailing list on
Yahoo! Groups,
6502AG.
It has been added to a new section on 6502.org for
Discussion Groups
5 Aug 2001
Micetek is a Taiwanese company which makes a product called
EasyPack
6502F, an in-circuit-emulator (ICE) for the WDC W65C02. Their link
has been added to the Commercial Support section.
5 Aug 2001
Christopher Cowen has a new webpage at
CPC Microsystems which has
been added to our Homebuilt Projects list. Chris' modular 6502 system,
called the Jimini Platform, is expandable with cards on a backplane
similar to VME and is programmed in C with CC65.
3 Jul 2001
Lee Davison has been hard at work on an excellent BASIC interpreter
aimed at homebuilt systems.
EhBASIC,
or Enhanced 6502 BASIC, is a work in progress and includes many unique
and powerful features. Check out what has been done so far and if
you're interested in the project,
send an e-mail.
29 Jun 2001
Samir Lohani has created the
Data Pod,
a serial EEPROM storage device that provides nonvolatile storage
to his 65C02 homebuilt computer. The DPOD has been added to the Hardware
Mini-Projects section and includes photos, schematics, and a printed
circuit board layout.
18 May 2001
The Microlab kit is no longer being offered for sale and has been
removed from the
Commercial Support page.
17 Apr 2001
Michal Kowalski has written an excellent program for Windows called
the 6502 Macroassembler and Simulator. It is an integrated development
environment which allows an assembly language program to be written,
assembled, and simulated. The author is actively developing and
continually improving the program. A link to it has been added
to the
Generic 6502
Emulators and Simulators page.
16 Apr 2001
Ross Archer and Lee Davison were rather unimpressed with Commodore's
implementation of the PRIMM routine. They have both submitted improved
versions which have been added to the
Print Immediate (PRIMM)
routine page.
30 Mar 2001
John Pickens'
6502 Opcodes
information page added to Tutorials and Aids.
10 Mar 2001
Added News and Updates page.