88x31-pixel buttons of 40-pin chips with manufacturer logos. No rights reserved (by me, at least).
More variants here: https://qalle.neocities.org/88x31/
#88x31 #MOS #Zilog #Motorola

I got reminded by @lynx to feed my #Protobean so i did! Some crunchy Z80s and other neat chips :)

This morning, I'd like to treat your eyes to a particularly rare specimen of the computer history. A #Yodobashi #Formula1, distributed in Germany by the company Schoppe&Faeser located in Minden. It was used as a "mobile" programming station for the company's early control systems. And btw, it's fully functional right now.
#RetroComputing #ComputerMuseum #Z80 #Zilog #Eprommer

Out there, in the worrying world of today is a little #Zilog #Z80 computer with a mere 64KB of #RAM and running the #1970s CP/M operating system.

This little machine is connected to the #intertubes and it's serving a #singleuser #bulletinboardsystem for you, the worrying souls of #yesteryears to visit.

Take a break from today, connect like it's 1985 - here on RC-BOX BBS, the world's first and (currently) only #rc2014 based bulletin board system in the world!

Check out the #alttext or my #profile info for information on how to connect.

#bbs
#rc2014bbs
#rcbox

Sharp also joined the battle for the best home computer - a kind donor has given us an excellently preserved MZ-731 in its original packaging It is powered by a Z80-compatible processor, addressing 64 KB of RAM, and features a built-in mini plotter and cassette deck.

The shortage of #Zilog chips is obviously hyped. RS clearly has enough stock for thousands of years!

LittleFuse (Zilog's parent company) took the last orders for the #Z80 yesterday.

After 48 years of constant production, #Zilog will no longer produce the Z80 as LittleFuse is unable to keep producing the current Z84Cxxxx series using the 4-micron (4000 nm) CMOS process.

The legendary chip, designed by the legendary Federico Faggin in 1976 was largely responsible for the microcomputer revolution and is still beloved by electronics hobbyists today.

It had one hell of an impact! RIP Z80

Wer braucht noch fabrikneue #Z80-CPUs? Bis zum 14. Juni 2024 könnt ihr die letzten ihrer Art bei #Zilog bestellen.

Ich bin berührt davon, dass der #Mikroprozessor, auf dem ich 1986 in der DDR zu programmieren anfing, immer noch hergestellt wird.

Der Vater eines Schulfreunds arbeitete im VEB Mikroelektronik »Wilhelm Pieck« Mühlhausen, wo der KC 85/2 hergestellt wurde. In dem steckten der Z80-Klon #U880 aus dem Funkwerk Erfurt und ein BASIC-Modul.

https://www.golem.de/news/8-bit-prozessor-der-legendaere-zilog-z80-wird-eingestellt-2404-184383.html

I am taking security very seriously at @emf this year

Wenn eine CPU fast 50 Jahre im Handel verfügbar ist, kann man wohl vom erfolgreichsten Prozessor aller Zeiten sprechen. Doch jetzt wird der #Z80 aus dem Hause #Zilog wirklich eingestellt. https://winfuture.de/news,142398.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

I've been asked wether the recent end-of-production announce-
ment for the #Zilog #Z80 #CPU will have any effect on my projects, #rc2014bbs etc. - the answer is: for me, it won't change a thing.

Z80s will probably be widely available for the next few years
and even if their availability will dimnish after some 20+
years into the future, this will not affect me, my projects
or any of the retro things I do.

Just remember: other silicon has been out of production for decades now but you can still get most of it, albeit after some serious hunting.

So just don't worry.

Fun fact: before I discovered #rc2014 I believed that the Z80
was already out of production.

Maybe there'll be some licensing going on and 3rd party
manufactueres will re-issue the chip. And let's not forget the
land of the dragon, where counterfeit silicon has a long
tradition.

So much on that topic.

Still, I'm glad to have these babies in stock ...

#EndOfProduction
#RetroComputiing

Och menno ey, grad vollte ich mir einen KI-Rechner aufbauen, und nun gibt es die #Prozessoren nicht mehr.

"Der legendäre #Zilog Z80 wird eingestellt"

https://www.golem.de/news/8-bit-prozessor-der-legendaere-zilog-z80-wird-eingestellt-2404-184383.html