24 Apr
2007
24 Apr
'07
9:44 p.m.
On Apr 24, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Sorry for jumping in, but I had to pipe up here. I've done some
designs with the eZ80F91...it's a real monster. It's an extended Z80
clocked at 50MHz with a 24-bit address bus and an on-chip Ethernet
controller. Very nice. Play with it if you get the chance.
...or brand new from pretty much any component distributor like
Mouser, etc...
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Z180
Z280
ez80 (in Z80 mode)
These all look like Z80 descendents to me - I'd probably rarely, if
ever, run across one to harvest. 8085s are
common and makes a fair CP/M system. One caveat is that
some
(far from all) applicaions software expects a Z80 though, most run
on 8080
and above.
Since the Z80 was rather prolific, and should still be easy to obtain,
either from junked equipment or just new for a couple of bucks from a
place like BG Micro,