Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?

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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:38

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On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 12:16:51 +0100
Gareth's Downstairs Computer
<headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 08/06/2018 11:32, Andy Leighton wrote:
> > 
> > The Spectrum managed with just a Z80 and the ULA.
> 
> The ULA was made by Ferranti at Gem Mill, Oldham.

	Ferranti ULAs and the way some people read the spec sheets (this
many gates, up to this speed ... means we can have nearly all of them
going this fast right!) broke the Newbrain (Grundy eventually put the
TTL prototype into production), put pyjama stripes on Beebons (until the
"case support" was added) and caused many rude words to be uttered by
Sinclair engineers.

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