[HH] Relaunched: the 6502 microprocessor

[Bill Bogstad]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com> wrote:
> The article fails to explain what *why* the 6502 is still alive and
> kicking today. (Sure, it's a nice core, but they're not talking about a
> 6502 core stuck into some modern day system-on-a-chip, but a classic DIP
> package microcontroller. (The article does note that WDC also offers the
> core IP.))
>
> Purely for the hobby market?

Manufacturers of embedded systems who aren't part of the consumer
electronics upgrade treadmill?  (home alarm systems?, factory floor
automation?)

Maintainers of critical legacy systems (air traffic control, ICBMs ?? :-)

Bill Bogstad