tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428550573090044314.post2900741408263933570..comments2023-11-05T19:39:54.891+08:00Comments on CY's Blog: Why use Word, when you have better alternativeCHIA, Chin Yauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684251867908892783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428550573090044314.post-13607661553607195312010-07-05T10:29:23.053+08:002010-07-05T10:29:23.053+08:00Right. Rockwell produced 6502 with enhanced instru...Right. Rockwell produced 6502 with enhanced instructions, and with popularity of Apple II, it became a hit. When 68000 was out and used in the Mac, Intel is no way near with pseudo 16/32 bit 8086 and subsequently 80286 and 80386 etc. It was IBM chosen Intel, together with PCDOS (MS DOS licensed to IBM from Microsoft) made the 2 companies as it is now.<br /><br />Motorola 6800/68000 found itself comfortable in the embedded market, but failed to take Intel even with superior product. <br /><br />When Intel came to embedded market with StrongArm licensed from ARM UK, Motorola is gone.<br /><br />Sometime I wonder why excellent product cannot clinch a fair market share, then I realised in later days that a good of excellent product is only one factor of success formula.<br /><br />Good product without good marketing, good support, good service will eventually kill the product line or even the company.<br /><br />Ai ya, talking too much already...CHIA, Chin Yauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684251867908892783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428550573090044314.post-90920707599776946902010-07-04T20:04:19.693+08:002010-07-04T20:04:19.693+08:00oh...yes, you are right. My bad memory mess me up....oh...yes, you are right. My bad memory mess me up. And I mean for 6800 family which has same similarity to 6502.<br /><br />If I am not mistake, the box came with spare chip and circuit diagram. We use that for home-make sound blaster if I can still remember. But never catch up any assembly programming at that time since nobody really know how it works. We use BASIC.<br /><br />In fact, almost all the hardcore programmers tends to curse Intel for it's stupid addressing method, including my own lecturer in campus.<br /><br />Luckily my design firm utilize 6502 core all the time, so I didn't need to "crook" my mind. Until then they change their mind and switch to 8502, it take me half a year to "switch my mode" to small endian.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing anyway.^_^西西留https://www.blogger.com/profile/04927455851361647762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428550573090044314.post-70025156494867501202010-07-04T17:35:11.561+08:002010-07-04T17:35:11.561+08:00西西留:Apple II is powered by 6502. Elegant processor...西西留:Apple II is powered by 6502. Elegant processor with linear memory addressing than Intel's stupid memory paging. 68000 was on original mac, atari STs, Amigas, etc.<br /><br />btw, I was grown up using Apple II for my school assignment, and assembly programming with ZX81, i.e. Zilog's Z80.<br /><br />Those were the days :)CHIA, Chin Yauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684251867908892783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428550573090044314.post-89222013261508711312010-07-04T17:30:33.865+08:002010-07-04T17:30:33.865+08:00good introduction, though I don't have any iMA...good introduction, though I don't have any iMAC and the only product I have ever tried is APPLE II (with my flavor MC68000 chip inside).<br /><br />Thanks CY西西留https://www.blogger.com/profile/04927455851361647762noreply@blogger.com