Jim Keohane, Multi-Platforms, Inc.
"It's not whether you win or lose. It's whether you win!"
----- Original Message -----
From: <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 18:40
Subject: Re: Assembly on a Apple IIc+
> On Feb 8, 16:12, Jim Keohane wrote:
>
> > I'd say you got me on the "one cycle per instruction" but you jumped
the
> > gun on the pipelining issue. OK?
>
Pete responded:
> Well, maybe, but the 6502 is not basically a pipelined processor, in
> the sense that only a few instructions do anything close to pipelining,
> and not even all the intructions that use the ALU do so.
>
Gee, Pete, maybe that's why I used quotes around "pipelined" just so no one
could construe my statement as claiming the "6502 is basically a pipelined
processor."
Aside from arguing who is right, which I am not doing, you have to agree
with me that there's plenty of room for disagreement as the search I
suggested showed.
Cheers, - Jim
Received on Sat Feb 08 2003 - 21:57:01 GMT