[TriEmbed] Fwd: [electronics101] Z80 discontinued (announced in April)

[brad at bfayette.com]

Well, that is a pretty good run.  It will always be available in emulation or FPGA fabric.

RIP Captain Zilog.

Regards,
Brad Fayette
Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the earth.
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On Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 at 12:27 AM, Mike Lisanke via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> Z80 was the first (of many CPUs) I had in my earliest personal computer. And I had it about 45 years ago!That PC was the Exidy Sorcerer. And I used many other CPUs of the time in SBCs. And eventually did a lot with 6502 in Atari.
> I suspect they only end a CPUs life when the last integrator stops using it.
> 

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> From: jong kung via groups.io <jongkung01=hotmail.com at groups.io>
> Date: Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 12:10 AM
> Subject: [electronics101] Z80 discontinued (announced in April)
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> Hi guys,
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> I’m sure many of you already heard. But I just heard this and I thought I’ll pass it on.
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> https://www.techspot.com/news/102684-zilog-discontinuing-z80-microprocessor-after-almost-50-years.html
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> The post was made in April 2024. I knew some variant of 6502 was still being made but I didn’t know z80 was being made (until now).
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> 

> Enjoy the read,
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> 

> Jong
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