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<blink> Forgot about the 6800??! <grin> If memory serves me, the Apple I had a jumper to use either the 6800 or the 6502. The 6800 had a lot of followers at the time, but the 6502 got a foothold in the cpu market mainly by being inexpensive…. the 8080 was over $100 apiece, the 6800 around $80 I think, and then here comes the 6502 at $25! The rest is typical price-oriented consumer electronics history ;-). I suppose the 6502 helped stop the Intel crowd for a while. Its mass usage in the US also delayed movement to the 6809 and 68000 chips, tho. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I ever heard of a Japanese computer in all those years which used the 6502, btw. They skipped all the low-life chips and went straight to the Z80 and 6809 and on up stuff. The Soviets fairly quickly copied the 8080 and 6502 tho, if that tells you anything <grin>. best – kev