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Article #623881Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:18
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:18
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<barry...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Friday, June 8, 2018 at 12:30:07 PM UTC-7, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> [...] >> I like it old school. No 6502 should ever run faster than 1 MHz. ;-) >> -- >> Andreas >> >> https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-zilog-z80-is-8-bit-microprocessor.html > > Maybe we all have a different point of view regarding the definition > of "powerful". In the hands of an expert, either one could produce > impressive results. The Z-80 had better machine code density, and > the 6502 had a better CPI ratio. I personally prefer 6502 assembly > language over Z-80, but that may be because I learned 6502 first. I can't recall the details, but my recollection is that the 6502 instruction set was missing a couple of instructions I considered important, vis-a-vis other microprocessors. -- Pete
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