How many transistors in the 6502 processor?

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri May 4 18:22:02 2001

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>


>The stack is truly a bummer, but there's software ways around that.


As a return address stack it was adaquate. I like to pass parameters
on the stack with 8080/z80 and even PDP-11 and the 6502 stack is
not up to that.

>FWIW, the later 65CE02 deals with both these issues. You can "move" zero
page
>anywhere in memory you want on the fly (so that you can pick a memory
page
>and optimize access to it), and the stack pointer is now 16-bit. The
65CE02's
>most well-known usage was in its guise as the CSG 4510 in the mythical
>Commodore 65 (see


Yes but can you push parameters onto the stack prior to the call?

Allison
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