The Z80 is a legend, and even though it's not powerful by today's standards one of the things I think makes it great is it was a "standard". There's something very powerful about a platform that doesn't change.
I'm really hoping raspberry pis can fill the roll of a "standard computer". Currently, they have pretty rapidly changing CPUs, etc. I would like to see a pi that settles down as "The Pi" that doesn't change for decades. This would allow all kinds of software (and OSs) to be written for it that stands the test of time. Download a binary and it just works. No need for updates/changes etc.
The Z80 is a legend, and even though it's not powerful by today's standards one of the things I think makes it great is it was a "standard". There's something very powerful about a platform that doesn't change.
I'm really hoping raspberry pis can fill the roll of a "standard computer". Currently, they have pretty rapidly changing CPUs, etc. I would like to see a pi that settles down as "The Pi" that doesn't change for decades. This would allow all kinds of software (and OSs) to be written for it that stands the test of time. Download a binary and it just works. No need for updates/changes etc.
> even though it's not powerful by today's standards
I'm sure if you used the right metric, it could look good. Perhaps MIPS/gate.
June 2024