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These pages lists some articles explaining various bits and pieces that you may find useful.

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2010-01-07 Separated the 6502 hardware knowledge page from this operating/system architecture knowledge page.
2007-01-03 Added the article on hardware aspects of multitasking and multiprocessing.
2006-11-12 Added the OS/A65 (GeckOS) article.
2006-11-12 Added the MMU, UART and remote control articles.
2006-11-01 Created this page.

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Hardware aspects of multitasking and -processing - Describe hardware requirements for a multitasking and multiprocessing system and how to implement them with a 6502 (01/2007)
6502 MMU - How a virtual address space works and how to implement it for a 6502 computer (1997).
OS/A65 Multitasking/Multithreading Operating System - An article describing the GeckOS operating system (1996)

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Last updated 2010-01-07.