Computers Using The MOS 6502 CPU

This is a list of most of the branded computers using the legendary Commodore Semiconductor Group / MOS 6502 processor.  If you are interested in this list, you are likely interested in these for articles:

  1. MOS – The Rise of MOS Technology & The 6502
  2. The New 6500 CPU’s
  3. The Legendary Chuck Peddle, Inventor of The Personal Computer
  4. Bill Mench – The Brains Behind The Brains

Keep in mind that Bill Mench and the Western Design Center own the 6502 patent and say that it is in more than 5 BILLION devices including pacemakers and microwave ovens.

Acorn 6502 Microboard Computer
Acorn Atom
Acorn BBC Model A
Acorn BBC Model B
Acorn BBC Model B Plus
Acorn Electron
Acorn Eurocard
Acorn System 1
Acorn System 2
Acorn System 3
Acorn System 4
Acorn System 5

Agat (Russia!)

Apple I
Apple II
Apple II Plus
Apple IIe
Apple IIe Plus
Apple III

Aton II

Atari 65XE
Atari 65XEM
Atari 65XEP
Atari 130XE
Atari 400
Atari 600XL
Atari 800
Atari 800XE
Atari 800XL
Atari 1200XL
Atari 1400XL
Atari 1450XLD
Atari XE System

B&H II Plus (Bell & Howell)
Basis 108
BBC Master
BBC Micro
Basis Junior
Bee II
Bit BIT 60

C-One (aka. Commodore One from Jeri Elsworth in 2002!)
CCE Exato Pro
Citron II
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D
Commodore 264
Commodore 3008
Commodore 3016
Commodore 3032
Commodore 4008 B
Commodore 4008 N
Commodore 4016 B
Commodore 4016 N
Commodore 4032 B
Commodore 4032 N
Commodore 64
Commodore 64GS (Game System)
Commodore 65 (Prototype never released)

COMMODORE PRODUCT LINE – 2040, 4040, 2031, Floppy Drives, SuperPET, PET 4016, PET 8032, Vic 20, 2022 Printer

Commodore 8008
Commodore 8016
Commodore 8032 SK
Commodore 8032
Commodore 8096 D
Commodore 8096 SK
Commodore 8096
Commodore 8296 D
Commodore 8296
Commodore LCD
Commodore MAX Machine
Commodore PET 2001 16B
Commodore PET 2001 16N
Commodore PET 2001 32B
Commodore PET 2001 32N
Commodore PET 2001 8B
Commodore PET 2001 8N
Commodore PET 2001
Commodore Plus 4
Commodore SP9000 (aka. SuperPET)
Commodore SX64 (Worlds first portable color computer)
Commodore VIC-20
Commodore VC20
Compukit UK101
Cubic 88

Dick Smith Electronics CAT

Elppa II

Franklin ACE 100
Franklin ACE 1000
Franklin ACE 1200
Franklin ACE 2100

The original Nintendo Game System NES used a Commodore MOS 6502 processor

General II

Laser 128

MOS Technologies KIM-1
Multitech Microprofessor MPF I-65
Multitech Microprofessor MPF III

Nintendo Gaming System  – Ricoh 2A03 6502 Clone Story
Nintendo Family Computer – Ricoh 2A03 6502 Clone Story
Nintendo SNES  – Ricoh 2A03 6502 Clone Story

Ohio Scientific
Orange
Oric Atmos
Oric Telestrat
Oric-1

Peach
Pineabpple
Pravetz-82 (Russian!)

Tangerine Microtan-65
TK 8000

Video Technology CreatiVision
Video Technology Laser 2001
Video Technology Laser 3000

Zeus 2001

Note that this page was based on the now defunct page https://web.archive.org/web/20060915195000/http://www.zianet.com:80/kromeke/pastcomp/misc/cpu6502.htm by Michael Kromeke.

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