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.
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.
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
MSP430 has entered the chat.
I remember them selling for $4.30 when they came out
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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