And what were the 80s like for you? (Was: z80 timing...

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 15:28:48 1999

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I suppose that's true, Hans, BUT, in1982, there were few other processors
> than the 6502 and Z-80 in popular use, with the exception of the 8080A and
> the 8085, of course.

In it's first couple of years, the IBM PC (introduced 8/11/1981) sold
enough machines that surely the 8088 could have been said to be in popular
use!
[this is a comment about market, NOT an endorsement]

> The majority of home computers, though, used one of
> these two, at that time. Several years later, we found the 6510 and 6809 in
> commercially interesting applications, but not for as long a period as the
> Z-80 and 6502. These two had a life of nearly ten years before the IBM-PC
> and its clones wrenched the home computer market from their grasp.

10 years?
Does this imply that the PC was not the dominant force until the end of
the 80s?
[this is a comment about market, NOT an endorsement]
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 15:28:48 BST