Incredible, I started with a ZX81 (it was using a Z80) in 1981, then moved to a CPC6128 in 1984, still using a Z80, I learnt assembler on it, cracking games, etc, good memories :)
Greetings, fellow geezer! I had the ZX81 in kit form, which meant you had to solder on every single component yourself. I still have it in the basement somewhere.
I also had the kit, 495FF IIRC
Oh don’t worry, TI will find another decades old CPU to put into their overpriced calculators!
Wow. Spectrum, TRS-80, Pac Man. Legend.
Don’t forget about the MSX, Commodore 128, the Sega Mastersystem and the Gameboy (although that used a custom modified version of the Z80, but very similar)
Just got an Intel Z84 NUC so maybe that’s where the upgrade went
I just ordered a few before the price goes way up in case I ever want to build anything with them.
