MOS Technology 6510
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The MOS Technology 6510 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology. It is a modified form of the very successful 6502. The 6510 is widely used in the Commodore 64 (C64) home computer and its variants. It is also used in the Seagate ST-251 MFM harddisk.[1]
"6510" redirects here. For the mobile phone, see Nokia 6510.
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Max. CPU clock rate | 0.985 MHz to 1.023 MHz |
Data width | 8 |
Address width | 16 |
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Instruction set | MOS 6502 |
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Predecessor | MOS 6502 |
Successor | MOS 8502 |
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The primary change from the 6502 is the addition of an 8-bit general purpose I/O port, although 6 I/O pins are available in the most common version of the 6510. In addition, the address bus can be made tristate and the CPU can be halted cleanly.