Which 8 bit computer system do you think was the best in the late 70s/80s ?

EdGr · 08-12-2022, 09:27 AM

The 8-bit era had a lot of weird microprocessors that vanished into obscurity: SC/MP, 1802, and F8 come to mind.

I would say that the 6502 was the most popular 8-bit microprocessor, and the Z-80 was the best.

My first computer was a homebrew Z-80 machine.
Ed

pan64 · 08-12-2022, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by EdGr

I would say that the 6502 was the most popular 8-bit microprocessor, and the Z-80 was the best.

No. I mean Z80 was the most popular and 6502 the best. Or no. I don't want to decide. There were a lot of games prepared for both hardware and both worked almost the same way. Obviously there were differences, like: there were different sound and video chips attached, therefore you can hardly compare them.
for example: https://www.myreviewer.com/Article/1...ter-Than-Yours

EdGr · 08-12-2022, 09:51 AM

The Z-80 and 6502 were both very successful, especially compared to the half-dozen 8-bit microprocessors that no-one remembers. It was a very competitive time period.
Ed

business_kid · 08-12-2022, 11:47 AM

Individual chips aside, it was another gotcha of the era that people kept releasing CMOS chips with extremely high (≅2k) impedances. So 'high' wasn't high, although it may have been high enough, but low certainly wasn't low.

But let's face it - chip manufacture still had the "L" plates on. It took decades of research to get the clean fast switching we see in MOS devices today.