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On 22/08/2023 9:44 pm, Tadeusz Pycio wrote:
> Why do you think it excludes most new projects? This year I
designed two RCBus modules using the Z80. Also, a module on the Z280
supported by a contemporary AVR microcontroller was also created. One may
wonder if such solutions can be called "retro", but certainly the Z80
modules are based on the Z80, and the Z280 is a Z80-compatible processor.
The whole charm of such solutions lies in the use of technology from
that period.
The ez80 is obviously compatible too. I`m not a collector of retro
hardware. The charm
for me is the software of that period. Software small enough that
anyone can grasp it.
What I never care for were the hardware limitations - the slow
CPUs and disk drives.
I`ve little hankering to spend several hundred dollars on a
backplane of `Z80` cards to
recreate a slow vanilla CP/M system I owned 35 years ago. I still
enjoy developing
software on CP/M which is why I won`t do it on ancient hardware.
If it were just about
CP/M then I`d hardly need an Agon Lite board. In addition to the
ez80`s better speed,
there`s a new OS and video opportunities for retro Z80 language
enthusiasts to play with.
Granted it`s early days. What`s less likely is the project getting
this far had it been
a stock Z80 under the hood.
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