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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Zilog stopping Z80 production
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:44:24 -0700
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On 4/23/2024 2:40 PM, boB wrote:
> I miss playing with my old home built S-100 CP/M computer around 1980.
> Those were really the fun days of computing and digital logic
> circuits.

Nowadays, the Zx80's appeal would be in controlling things.
There's little that you can't now do *better* that you would
previously have used a CP/M box for.

> The other day after hearing the demise of the Z80, I ordered 2 of the
> 20 MHz Z80  40 pin devices.  I did not even know there was a 20 MHz
> version.  Not sure what I will ever do with them but who knows ?
> Maybe I'll just look at them.

Again, in the context of "control" (i.e., deeply embedded),
you would likely also need similar speed grade peripherals
to do anything.

I had a particular fondness for the '180 (and '7180!) as it
wasn't crippled by the tiny address space (64K memory + 64K I/O)
of the Z80.  Over the years, I've come to realize that you usually
need more space for *code* than data!