September 1975 · Computer or hardware
MOS 6502 (1975)
MOS Technology introduced the 6502 in September 1975 at $25, far cheaper than the 6800 or 8080. It later powered the Apple II, Commodore PET and Atari 2600.
Introduced September 1975 at $25, less than one-sixth the price of rival designs from larger companies.
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Facts
- Date
- September 1975
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: 8-bit microprocessor
- Maker or publisher
- MOS Technology
- Clock speed
- 1 to 3 MHz
- Data width
- 8-bit
- Address bus
- 16-bit
- Transistors
- 3,510
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Related
- Motorola 6800 (rival, 1974)
- Apple II (ran on, 1977)
- Commodore PET 2001 (ran on, 1977)
- KIM-1 (ran on, 1976)
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