Comment by Joker_vD

Comment by Joker_vD 5 months ago

What a strange variation on Z80, extending it with 16-bit wide data paths... Who needs that? We have enough 16-bit ISAs around already, including PDP-11, original 8086 and even 65C816.

stevekemp 5 months ago

The EZ80 offers enhancements to the Z80, allowing the size of the register-pairs to be 24 bits..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_eZ80

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kjs3 5 months ago

MSP430 has entered the chat.

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glouwbug 5 months ago

I remember them selling for $4.30 when they came out

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- dfox 5 months ago
  
  That was long after MSP430 were widely used, that pricing was part of the launch of the "value line" G-series (And it's associated MSP430 LaunchPad eval board, which is what was priced at $4.30).
  
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  kjs3 5 months ago
  
  Were the LauchPads or the ST 'Discovery' line of super cheap eval boards first? Those were brilliant for getting the part in people hands.
  
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  glouwbug 5 months ago
  
  Yeah I loved my LaunchPad. I bought like 20 and handed them out like candy at school
  
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