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jmowreader

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13. Look at the thing you are accessing DU from

Reply to shenmue (Reply #12)

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 05:11 PM

Aug 2018

Whether it's a phone, a tablet or a computer, it's computerized.

The heart of your computer is a microprocessor, which is most of what you need to make a computer in one small package.

A 6502 microprocessor is one that existed in the very early days of small-systems computing.

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So who's the bigger nerd? [View all] jmowreader Aug 2018 OP

The tattoo seems to be missing a few pins. GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #1

You're just smart. Fla Dem Aug 2018 #2

The guy with the tattoo because he not only knew what it was, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #3

What the heck is a 6502 IC? 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #4

A 6502 is a microprocessor jmowreader Aug 2018 #7

In many ways today's ARM microprocessors are the 6502's modern successor. hunter Aug 2018 #14

Maybe he's emulating a 6502 on a 14 pin ATtiny. hunter Aug 2018 #5

Who says that's a tattoo? Looks like the real thing to me stuck in wherever.... marked50 Aug 2018 #6

The real 6502 has a lot more pins than that jmowreader Aug 2018 #8

Hers is a link to the correct image. CentralMass Aug 2018 #9

A wkipedia article on the 6502 CentralMass Aug 2018 #10

Those things got around. eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #11

I have no idea what you're talking about shenmue Aug 2018 #12

Look at the thing you are accessing DU from jmowreader Aug 2018 #13

Better? sl8 Aug 2018 #15

Backstory: sl8 Aug 2018 #16