OT? What 8bit Microprocessors still available new?

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu Feb 19 16:27:39 2004

On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 21:54, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, John Honniball wrote:
>
> > Not many. You may find that only the high-volume distributors have
> > any of the 6502, Z80 or 6809 generation -- and you'd have to buy
> > in *huge* numbers. But having said that, many CPUs are simply not
> > made any more. So, you'd have to go to a specialist in obsolete
> > semiconductors.
>
> Or just sacrifice an old Apple //e (common as dirt) or C64 (common as
> lint) and use the chips inside.

Well old process control equipment, especially telecoms hardware, tends
to be a good source of Z80 family chips, and typically there's no merit
in preserving the boards as they are.

Better than wrecking a self-contained complete computer, even if it is a
common one!

cheers

Jules
Received on Thu Feb 19 2004 - 16:27:39 GMT