6502's & 6532's

Schusler

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Do these 2 chips usually get hot during operation? I read that ic's usually are bad when there real hot but are these 2 the exception?
 
How hot is hot? Is it "ow that hurts" hot? Some chips do get pretty warm during operation, but no chip should get so bad that it feels dangerous.
 
Yeah, those are NMOS technology...they get pretty warm. But you should be able to keep your finger on them without injury.
 
I have a bizarre sense of humour, sorry if I offended, I thought you were trying to be funny. My apologies! I had envisioned a 6502 praying for death in a EPROM burner, which if it wasn't real expensive would be kinda funny to me. The fact you can write code for the 6502 says your knowledge of this CPU trumps mine, and I am therefore humbled. So now I feel kinda dumb. HE-HE but I still think it is a funny prospect. = )
 
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