> The vast majority of 6502 code today runs in emulation
Emulating a 6502 isn’t that popular, so _if_ there’s even a single commercial product still using a 6502, I would guess that could easily run more 6502 cycles in total than are getting emulated.
- It was true during the Tamagotchi craze (https://hackaday.com/2013/05/24/tamagotchi-rom-dump-and-reve...: “it was a huge chore just to figure out what processor this uses. It turned out to be a 6502 core with a few other things built in”), but that’s over 20 years ago.
So, where, if anywhere, are these things being used?
Emulating a 6502 isn’t that popular, so _if_ there’s even a single commercial product still using a 6502, I would guess that could easily run more 6502 cycles in total than are getting emulated.
Now, are there any? I wouldn’t know, but
- it seems you can still buy new (they’re RoHS compliant, so I don’t think they have stocks going back decades that they’re selling) 6502 CPUs (https://www.westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/HowToOrder.php)
- It was true during the Tamagotchi craze (https://hackaday.com/2013/05/24/tamagotchi-rom-dump-and-reve...: “it was a huge chore just to figure out what processor this uses. It turned out to be a 6502 core with a few other things built in”), but that’s over 20 years ago.
So, where, if anywhere, are these things being used?