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Re: [OT] First computer



Miles Fidelman writes:
> It continually amazes me that the [Z80 is] still in production and
> widespread use.

I've got a pile of them upstairs.  If I had an EPROM eraser (a
programmer is easy to build) I'd use them instead of Atmel chips.

> It could well be the most popular chip ever made for embedded
> applications.

That would be the Intel MCS48 family and/or the 8051.  The latter is
still in production as an ASIC core.
-- 
John Hasler


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