That would be a bit of a project, not sure it'd be practical. With some glue logic, sure, but we likely won't run out of Z80s within our lifetimes. -Dave On 4/20/24 17:14, John Heritage wrote:
Iirc theyre still making the ez80. Not sure how hard that is to adapt electrically.
On Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 12:58 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
The PCN states that it is the wafer fab that's discontinuing the part, not the packaging facility. Z80 CPUs in different packages use the same die.
-Dave
On 4/20/24 12:18, murph via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > Wasn't it just the DIP package selection for it? Not all Z80? Seems like a lot of hysterics. > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> > Cc: Jeffrey Jonas <jeffrey.scott.jonas@gmail.com <mailto:jeffrey.scott.jonas@gmail.com>> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Z80 end of life only months away > Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024 09:08 > > https://www.mouser.com/PCN/Littelfuse_PCN_Z84C00.pd <https://www.mouser.com/PCN/Littelfuse_PCN_Z84C00.pd> > <https://www.mouser.com/PCN/Littelfuse_PCN_Z84C00.pdf <https://www.mouser.com/PCN/Littelfuse_PCN_Z84C00.pdf>>f > https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/end-of-life-for-z80-cpu-and-peripherals-anno... <https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/end-of-life-for-z80-cpu-and-peripherals-announced/> > > The memo dated April 15, 2024 says the last time to buy is June 14th. > Only 2 months warning :-/
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