Wagner,


Wagner Lipnharski wrote:

> I don't know if my 2 cents worth 2 or 1 cent, but worth something:
> <snip>

> In 1975 I was using Zilog Z80, and I still have some emotional
> connection with this chip, the last thing I build with Z80 was in 1992,
> since new chips just got better than that, and I am sorry Zilog people,
> you guys need to run fast, at 30 MHz, 5/3.3V @ 2ma, 32k flash code, 8k
> internal Ram, 4k eeprom and 32 I/O ports, uart, spi, i2c, wtd, power
> control and a little other tricks, for only $4.00 for single quantity,
> if not, the buggy man will catch not only you, but all others that don't
> follow the market expectancies.

Just like you, I was using Z80 from 1980 till 1994 for all my projects and
still have some attachment to it. Somehow I could not switch to Z8. In 1994
I switched to PIC and am still with it now. Any day if I have to choose a
processor for my projects, I would stick to Z80 if nothing equivalent comes
from Microchip.

Pailoor

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