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TimeSquirrel ,
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Anyone in need of a DIP socket compatible breakout module with a microcontroller emulating a Z80? That doesn't sound too hard to design and build.

Usually_Lurker ,
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Think of all the arcade boards!!!!

Sabin10 ,

Would it be possible to come up with an FPGA solution for things like that?

KingThrillgore ,
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I'm certain the FPGA implementations exist going off MiSTer.

Usually_Lurker ,
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My mister plays 100+ different arcade boards/games. There is also a yet to be released MARS FPGA system which will play Dreamcast + systems.

kender242 ,
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Shout out to the Ti-8X users and anyone who remembers zshell.

I doubt this announcement is going to affect the calculators, but it's amazing to see how many things still run off this technology.

KingThrillgore ,
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TI uses an outside vendor, SK Hynix I believe, for their calculator chips. Z80 isn't going anywhere.

It is worrying though since I follow Collapse OS and a lot of its design aims at the Z80 due to its abundance. Killing off the DIP Z80 gives me some pause.

kender242 ,
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Wow, collapse OS is quite the rabbit hole. Makes me think of the bootstrapping work described in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_the_Sky

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