MOS Technology 6509

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The MOS Technology 6509, an enhanced version of the popular 6502 microprocessor, was capable of addressing up to 1 megabyte of RAM via bank switching. While numerous 6502-based processors could do bank switching, they did this via separate logic. The 6509 had this logic on-chip.

The 6509 had a reputation for being difficult to program, due to its bank switching scheme, and never fared well. It was used in the ill-fated Commodore CBM-II line of computers.

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65xx-series CPUs from MOS Technology, second source/clone vendors, and the Western Design Center

MOS 4510MOS 6501MOS 6502WDC 65C02Hudson HuC6280Ricoh 2A03MOS 6507MOS 6508MOS 6509
MOS 6510 (and 7501, 8500, 8501) ● MOS 8502MOS 65CE02WDC 65802WDC 65816Ricoh 5A22Nintendo SA-1