Re: Z80 Softcard speed?

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Feb 4, 10:13 am, "Alex Freed" <a...@mirrow.com> wrote:

> Good idea. Plenty of free info on the 'net. I dare say Z80 was *THE* best
> 8 bit CPU ever. Still used to the tune of 5,000,000 a year!
> Not sure if this number included derivatives like z180.

You *do* realise this is csa2 don't you ;-)

More seriously, if best is units shipped you're probably right.
Personally I would bestow 'best' on the 6809. Nice orthogonal
instruction set, efficient execution speed. The only problem is
whether a CPU with 16 bit index and stack registers and paired 8 bit
accumulators qualifies as 8 bit, but I think it does ;-)

Matt