Talk:MOS Technology 8563

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[edit] Reason for revert of renaming

Since there are two MOS chips commonly called "VDC"; this one and the 8568 [D]VDC (the latter is more often than not referred to as the 8568 VDC, i.e. without the "D"); I reverted the recent renaming. --Wernher 03:12, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Update: see the next thread. --Wernher 04:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge 8568 article into this one?

Since the MOS Technology 8568 article is nothing but a very incomplete telling of the information in this one, we might be better off merging the two, and just note the differences between the chips in the common article---whose title should probably be "MOS Technology VDC", which I recently reverted to "8563" before thinking things through and coming up with this proposal. *sigh* --Wernher 04:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Absolutely! We don't have multiple articles on the VIC-II or the SID, even though these also had multiple numbered revisions. Why not just merge both this and MOS Technology 8568 into MOS Technology VDC? We can add a short blurb about the 8568 revision and what (if any?) differences it had with the 8563 in the article. The 8568 article just doesn't have enough to be said about it to stand on its own. Crotalus horridus 05:52, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I have found a reference [1] with 8568 data. It explains the similarities and differences between the two VDC versions, and quite confirms our comments above. From earlier discussions about merging or not of chip articles, however, I know that some editors favor keeping such articles separate if the differences include pinouts. I'm not 100% sure where I stand on this issue, really. A combined article showing both chips' pinout diagrams would make for quicker/easier comparison of the chips, though. --Wernher 08:42, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

If we want to include the pinouts, I don't see why we can't do it in one article. In fact, we could even do it in one image - a side by side comparison. Crotalus horridus 09:00, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

After checking my C128/DCR Maintenance & Repair Manual I'm suddenly not so sure anymore; turns out the 8568 is quite different after all, HW-wise. Therefore I say we wait a little before we decide on this---I'll try and effect a 'total makeover' of the 8568 article so that it becomes complementary to the 8563 one. There are also several other names used for the two chips, in addition to (D)VDC, which might also play a part in settling the article title issue.

Nevertheless, I was a good thing we started discussion this, since it instigated my rummaging about on the 'net and in my own pile of old docs to find out more. :-) --Wernher 06:39, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

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