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GalaxyNovayesterday at 8:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

The Z80 stopped being manufactured last year unfortunately


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nanolithyesterday at 8:46 PM

There are plenty of open core alternatives that replicate the architecture and ISA. Many of these are cycle accurate. Some have been tape-out proven. Hobbyist retro-computing enthusiasts who wish to build a Z80 system still have options even once new old stock and recovered CPUs become scarce.

stevekempyesterday at 8:47 PM

There are clones, and updated packages these days like the EZ80, but they're not the same and they don't have the easy-to-use DIL form-factor.

Still I've always loved the z80, since my first computer the ZX Spectrum. Even now I play with z80 assembly now and again (mostly for CP/M retro-use).