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jonsen on Jan 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The MOS 6502 and the Best Layout Guy in the World

Studying the manufacturers data sheet for the chip you could in a short time know everything, and I mean everything, about the instruction set. You would never have any doubt about your programming language. That as least was some form of delight.

rsc on Jan 3, 2011 [–]

Watch the video, especially the second half. There's a lot about the 6502 that wasn't apparent from the data sheet.

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