On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, David Lanzendörfer <david.lanzendoerfer@lanceville.cn> wrote:

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We had to research the things, the foundries keep a secret and worked the rest
of the stuff out from scientific papers.
Took a while, but because there is now a lot of literature, it's quicker than
the first time around, when the first foundries had to figure it out from
scratch.

This is one of the key lessons that I learned from reverse engineering. Do NOT be tempted to innovate or deviate IN ANY WAY until the task is completed.

It sounds boring, you want to do something new, be the innovator! but is incredibly important NOT to do so.

Now you know why I recommended the 6502 not say the 6510, because the full lithographic masks of the 6502 have been rev/engd and the netlist created, to the point where there is now an online OPERATIONAL javascript 6502 simulator.

Hagen's suggestion of doing the IO ASIC, just as goid, because the verilog source is available.

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