Stack machines and the 6502 IS

[BigEd]

It's a question of how good the seal is in the byte-dispensing mechanism. 'Pull' people have to overcome a partial vacuum, 'pop' people have a bit of positive pressure.

[GARTHWILSON]

BigEd wrote:

It's a question of how good the seal is in the byte-dispensing mechanism. 'Pull' people have to overcome a partial vacuum, 'pop' people have a bit of positive pressure.

<laugh> I think of reaching up and pulling a box off a stack of boxes, or pulling a box of Christmas decorations down off a shelf in the garage for my wife. No air pressure involved (except maybe my grunting).

[Druzyek]

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<laugh> I think of reaching up and pulling a box off a stack of boxes, or pulling a box of Christmas decorations down off a shelf in the garage for my wife.

Funny how specific what it makes you think of is.

We had one of these where I used to work, which is what I always think about. Anytime you tried to pull a styrofoam cup off the stack, 5 or 6 would come off and you had to push them back on.