The MOS 6567/6569 video controller (VIC-II) and its application in the Commodore 64
Contents 2. The architecture of the Commodore 64
2.1. Overview |
The C64 basically consists of the following units: 6510 8 bit microprocessor 6567/6569 VIC-II graphics chip 6581 SID sound chip Two 6526 CIA I/O chips 64KB DRAM (64K*8 bit) main memory 0.5KB SRAM (1K*4 bit) Color RAM 16KB ROM (16K*8 bit) for operating system and BASIC interpreter 4KB ROM (4K*8 bit) character generator Most chips are manufactured in NMOS technology.