20 Apr
2024
20 Apr
'24
5:54 p.m.
On 4/20/2024 9:55 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 4/19/24 21:07, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
This was my line of thinking...
* Aren't there second/third sources for the original?
* I understand the core lives on in ez80 and other lines. Is it
possible to make a small PCB with a 40 pin DIP footprint and put one
of these other designs on there? (I admit I have not looked at the
other cores, so perhaps they can't be coaxed to act like just a Z80,
just wondering).
Jim
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Gee! Have sales gone down?
One more reason to use the 8080 subset when writing CP/M programs.
Aren't there already some licensed second sources?
Harris also made an all-CMOS plug-compatible Z-80. I used it in a
low-power project.
Jon