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                            6502 Processor Page

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The 6502 was a very popular 8-bit microprocessor in the late 70's and 80's.
 The 6502 (and it's variants) where used in many game systems and computers
  like the Apple II, Atari VCS, Atari 800, C64, NES and others. This page
  contains a compilation of links, programs, and information on the 6502.

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6502 Information

The first three links are to Trevin Beattie's Atari Technical Information
page.:

Instruction Set Summary (by Trevin Beattie)

Op Code Table by instruction (by Trevin Beattie)

Op Code Table by Opcode (by Trecin Beattie)



Op Code Chart (by Bob Colbert)

64DOC.TXT - This is one of the best references for some of the more obscure
information about the 65XX series of processors. It was written with the
Commodore 64 in mind, but most of the information is applicable to all 6502
processors.

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6502 Development Software

DASM.ZIP: This is a new 6502 cross assembler for MSDOS. It supports pretty
much any feature you could want in an assembler including macros, and the
ability to produce raw-binary files. Thanks to Bob Colbert for porting this
assembler from the Amiga.

TASM301.ZIP: This is a very popular table driven cross assembler for MSDOS.
Besides 6502 it support many other processors. This is the assembler I used
for 6502 before I found DASM, and I still use it for assembling 8048 code.

6502 Cross Development Tool: This site contains links to a large number of
6502 cross development tools including assemblers, C compilers,
Disassemblers and more. If you need 6502 development software this is the
place to start.

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6502SIM V1.0

6502SIM is a 6502 processor simulator for MSDOS that can be used as a tool
for developing and testing generic 6502 code. It also makes a good platform
for learning 6502 programming since you can easily watch the execution of
the code and observe the results. 6520sim displays a disassembly of memory,
the CPU registers, stack, and memory and theses are all updated dynamically
as the code is executed so you can watch the results.

Some of 6502SIM's features are:

   * Simulates a system with 16K or RAM and 32K of ROM.
   * Can load raw binary (.BIN) and Intel Hex (.hex) files.
   * Single step execution, and run to break point.
   * Modify memory locations and processor registers.
   * Simulate reset, IRQ, and NMI.

Download 6502SIM V1.0

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6502 Variants

6507 - This is a identical to the standard 6502 except that it only has 12
external address lines and no interrupt inputs. It was used in the Atari
2600.

65C02 - This is a CMOS version of the 6502 that has a few added
instructions.

6510 - This is the version of the 6502 that is used in the Commodore 64. It
is almost the same as the 6502 except that it has a built in 8-bit I/O
port.

65C816S - This is an expanded 16-bit version of the 6502. It has 16 bit
registers and a 24 bit program counter, and can run at up to 20MHz. It also
has a standard 6502 'emulation' mode. This processor is used in the SNES
and the Apple II GS.

SALLY - This is the version of the 6502 that is used in all but the
earliest Atari 8-bit computers. It is identical to the standard 6502 except
that it has a HALT input for stopping the processor and tri-stating the
system bus so that other chips in the system can do DMA.

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