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Goodbye,Z80

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Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:18 pm Well, that's that then.

See you guys on the Amiga forums...
Good luck finding a brand new 68000 MPU...

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1024MAK wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:03 pm Good luck finding a working disk drive...
FTFY ;)
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Morkin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:07 amFTFY ;)
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Yes, that too :mrgreen:

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Hmmm at last count I had about 20 odd Z80s of mixed manufacture so along with the 40 rolls of Sinclair printer paper and knackered Sinclair printers I also posses It might be a good time to open a tat shop! :lol:
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btw, what do you think anout Agon Light? ez80 onboard.
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Shared the sad news with the younger staff at work

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Don't think any of them have noticed

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Story in The Register, today:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/26/ ... 6_bit_z80/
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Couple of follow up articles from El Reg

Open source Z80 clone seeks to help bring classic chip back from the dead

The chip that changed my world – and yours by Rupert Goodwins
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jpnz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:25 am Shared the sad news with the younger staff at work

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Don't think any of them have noticed

:(
No OLED screen, nor haptic feedback.

Don't know they're born. :|
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On the topic of FPGA-based "direct" replacements, I don't know if that'll be possible. After all, somebody mentioned something earlier about how people are seeking low-power alternatives or whatnot, y'know?

However, I wouldn't say it's completely impossible. I'm fairly certain that the Z80 will be open sourced eventually if there is enough demand for it. Otherwise, I would say that software emulation has come a long way in development.

Alas, since this is about saying goodbye to the OG chip, I will say that it's been a good long run. 50 years and it's been used in stuff like calculators of all things up to this point. It's really awesome.
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