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After 48 years and god knows how many computers, game systems, arcade cabs and embedded applications, the Zilog Z80 has been discontinued.
The Zilog Z80 has been discontinued - Brits on yet another suicide watch
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Damn. What's TI going to do with their $100+ calculators now? Fully move to arm?
That aside, I'm amazed how long the things have lasted. I've never used one for my personal projects, but I've always thought about it.
That aside, I'm amazed how long the things have lasted. I've never used one for my personal projects, but I've always thought about it.
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It's only the standalone models of Z80 being discontinued. Models used in products like the Ti-84 won't be discontinued. The eZ80 also won't be discontinued.
And if there is enough demand someone will just make clones.
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Would the lack of Z80 chips be a problem for modern Sega Genesis clone manufacturers (and modern Sega Master System clone manufacturers if they exist, and I'd love to get one but I can't seem to find any) or are those cartridge-playing clone console manufacturers generally using other options these days?
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Oh christ this really is the end times, I thought the Z80 would outlive everything
If it works it just works man
If it works it just works man
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This doesn't mean a whole lot. There's so many of them out there that you will still be able to buy them cheaply for decades. The 68k has been discontinued 27 years ago. It's still easily and cheaply available.
Also the variants weren't discontinued. The Z180 e.g. is arguably more useful anyways, as it has a lot of the periphery you'd need with the Z80 directly integrated.
That all said, they're all mogged by current microcontroller offerings and as designs are refreshed, I can very well imagine absolutely nobody needing these anymore.
Also the variants weren't discontinued. The Z180 e.g. is arguably more useful anyways, as it has a lot of the periphery you'd need with the Z80 directly integrated.
That all said, they're all mogged by current microcontroller offerings and as designs are refreshed, I can very well imagine absolutely nobody needing these anymore.
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I don't think any modern vidya clones are running on chip-for-chip identical boards. They're typically either FPGAs or just a software emulator running on the cheapest CPU that'll work, aren't they?
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Yeah. The YM2612 chips, including clones of it, haven't been manufactured in forever ever.
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They've been on it for as long as the ZX Spectrum was around.
The Britbong fears the Jack Attack.
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Those calculators remind me of ignition interlock devices – devices based on 1980s technology without a good/nostalgic/curious reason to be, sold or rented for exorbitant prices, and kept afloat by government requirements.
I'm glad that using a calculator for higher-level math isn't seen as cheating, but why do we need to buy these exact models with literal Game Boy chips?
The Zilog Z80 – awesome retro chip.
TI-84 – waste of these chips.
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Brits? What do they have to do with anything?
Z80 is a CPU designed by an Italian and sold by the American company he founded.
ZX Spectrum didn't come out until 5 years after Tandy was making a Z80 based computer.
Z80 is a CPU designed by an Italian and sold by the American company he founded.
ZX Spectrum didn't come out until 5 years after Tandy was making a Z80 based computer.
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Not sure about Sega, but all the NES clones produced since around late 90s were using "NES on a chip" ASIC that gets embedded right on the PCB and covered with a black blob.
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TI gave loaner calculators to schools and HP had a weird obsession with reverse polish notation, which...I don't fucking know good luck teaching that to kids.
That's basically the calculator wars in a nutshell.