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@ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

arstechnica.com

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After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

arstechnica.com

@ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.
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    TI uses an outside vendor, SK Hynix I believe, for their calculator chips. Z80 isn’t going anywhere.

    It is worrying though since I follow Collapse OS and a lot of its design aims at the Z80 due to its abundance. Killing off the DIP Z80 gives me some pause.

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      Wow, collapse OS is quite the rabbit hole. Makes me think of the bootstrapping work described in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_the_Sky

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