On 19 Feb 2004, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 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.
Good point. Some old alarm systems have Z80s in them.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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