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It does not take 100Mhz to do that. A while back I bought a FastChip for my Apple 2e. That delivers a 16Mhz 65C02 or 65C816 (I bought the latter option) The
by ddingus 3y ago
It does not take 100Mhz to do that.
A while back I bought a FastChip for my Apple 2e. That delivers a 16Mhz 65C02 or 65C816 (I bought the latter option)
The trick to getting superfast Applesoft is to copy it into the card fast RAM. Otherwise, Applesoft is still faster than stock, but main board RAM is still clocked at 1Mhz. Not enough of a boost to really matter.
However, once Applesoft is on the card, the situation is reversed! All accesses to main board RAM are 1Mhz, but that is plenty fast to draw a ton of graphics. Applesoft programs run crazy fast when the 16Mhz 6502 has the job.