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Quoted from metallik:Pretty sure the 6809 CPU used in Whitestar is OOP and available only used/pulls.. who knows what other components are also OOP..
Did Whitestar really use the 6809? That processor was basically out of date in 1980.
Quoted from metallik:Maybe outdated by 1990, but not 1980. It was used heavily in the 80s. The Vectrex used it, and that wasn't introduced until late 1982.
You're right, I meant 1980's...not 1980. But still it's been outdated for well over 30 years. On the other hand, it still IS available.
https://www.jameco.com/z/6809E-Major-Brands-MPU-M6800-CISC-8-Bit-1MHz-40-Pin-PDIP_43545.html?%20CID=GOOG&gclid=CjwKCAiAyc2BBhAaEiwA44-wWwRDXwTf-zZCH6AYz3oMkA0tJJ5CUsVHuoajnHy616JZM-2oyzqjUhoC9wMQAvD_BwE
Though it's been quite a while for me, I used to do a lot of 8-bit assembler.
I wrote games for GameBoy, GameGear, and NES in 8-bit ASM (also Genesis and SegaCD, but that was 16 bit). It was a big deal when I moved to doing PS1 games and could code in C.
You haven't suffered until you've written a 3D Star Trek game in 8-bit assembler!
Quoted from PinMonk:But remember how small and tight your compiled assembler code was compared to C output and sigh fondly.
Yes, I remember replacing all my "LD A, 0" instructions with "XOR A" because each one saved both a byte and a cycle!
But it also meant we needed to do some silly (and dangerous) stuff...like having an unrolled loop and jumping into a computed part of it, to avoid the overhead of having to decrement and test a counter.
Definitely glad those days are over for me.
Quoted from dr_nybble:On the other hand, I look at the assembly generated by an optimizing C compiler and realize I could never be that smart.
Absolutely.
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