26 Jan
2010
26 Jan
'10
10:50 a.m.
On 26 Jan 2010 at 13:31, Dave McGuire wrote:
I was a dyed-in-the-wool Z80 guy in my early years
(I still hack
around with them today, http://www.neurotica.com/wiki/Z80_SBC_1) and
mostly ignored the 6502 due to the lack of registers. I could never
deny, though, that some hard-core 6502 guys could really work magic
with that architecture. Oh the creativity that existed in those
days. It only really seems to survive today in the embedded systems
world.
I remember the "Sweet 16" 16-bit arithmetic package. I was
surprised with what some hard-bitten folks could do with the RCA 1802
or even the Signetics 8X300 bipolar microcontroller (?).
But then, even the 8080 felt brain-dead when compared to mainframes.
And the AVRs and PICs feel the same way when compared to the Z80.
After awhile, you can get used to anything.
--Chuck