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Signetics 2650

1975

Signetics' 1975 8-bit microprocessor, found in early arcade games and the Emerson Arcadia 2001 console.

Emulators

EmulatorTypeLicenseSite
WinArcadiadownloadableFreewareWebsite ↗

Reference & documentation

External technical references for programming Signetics 2650 and for writing emulators.

ResourceTypeNotes
1975 Signetics 2650 datasheet (bitsavers) ↗DatasheetOriginal datasheet: electrical, cycle timing, signals
Signetics 2650 Series Datasheet, revised (2650 Restoration Project) ↗Datasheet1979 revision covering 2650A/A-1/B/B-1 variants
Signetics 2650 User Manual (full instruction reference) ↗Instruction setEvery instruction: binary opcode, timing, affected registers, pseudocode
1975 Signetics 2650 datasheet (pinout) ↗Pinout40-pin DIP pinout, bus and control signals
Signetics 2650 & 2636 programming (Wikibooks) ↗ProgrammingAssembly guide: addressing modes, PSW, interrupts, reset
MAME 2650dasm.cpp disassembler ↗ReferenceComplete opcode-to-mnemonic decoding tables
Signetics 2650 (Wikipedia) ↗ReferenceOpcode structure, nine addressing modes, instruction counts
MAME s2650.cpp CPU emulation core ↗SourceReference portable C++ 2650 emulation core
WinArcadia emulator / assembler / debugger (amigan) ↗ToolMulti-emulator, assembler, disassembler, debugger with source