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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Zilog stopping Z80 production
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:30:34 -0700
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On 4/24/2024 7:03 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:
>> so in something like and FPGA in is with range of internal ram and memory
>> speed is not really an issue
> 
> Yes. That's where I'd put a Z80 in the unlikely event that I wanted to use
> one these days.
> Along with RAM, ROM, and anything else it needs.

You'd be better served to use something like a 6502 core as
the bus is cleaner and the core can run considerably faster.