[reaperducer]

Lots of interesting drop-in chip replacements in the retro computing world these days.

Two I can think of off the top of my head:

- FPGA 6581 to replace a Commodore 64 SID chip.

- There's a drop-in sorta Z-80 so you can run CP/M on the TRS-80 Model 100.

[Terry_Roll]

I wonder if we might see drop in replacements used in other tech from the past that might be end of life or near to, especially space satellites where power supplies permit.

[sigstoat]

space hardware doesn’t involve a lot of socketed parts.

and end of life usually means battery or mechanical failures, not “the electronics need an upgrade”