[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Programmer for Hire... 6502 Assembly
- From: "j. eric townsend" <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:09:25 -0400
On 3/17/15 11:54, Robert Berger wrote:
I liked the simplicity of the 6502; it made it easy to memorize the
entire instruction set. Back when RAM was as fast as the CPU, the design
made sense.
I think "knowing the 6502" is more about "knowing the platform". If
you're coding for a Commodore 64 you have 256 bytes of free memory in
zero-page, I don't think that existed on the Apple or other 8-bit micros.
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