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Article #623849Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?
From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:16
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:16
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On 08/06/2018 13:38, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > 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. > They were going absolutely f(er)rantic?
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