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by zahlman 243 days ago
> It helps you see how processors really work and brings back the old days when hardware was simple and easy to understand. I miss that time.

Just FWIW, you can still find Z80s listed for sale all over the usual e-merchants and people absolutely still design around them. It wasn't discontinued until last June, and there's an updated eZ80 design still made and sold by Zilog.