I was weaned on HP-2000's and Old PDPs. I did get to poke at a CDC 6400 as a larval stage human.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM ben via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2026-07-23 3:43 p.m., Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: > > Doesn’t time fly by? The Z80 processor could be bought in July 1976. It > > along with Intel’s 8080 were the backbone of classic computing 50 years ago. > > > > Happy computing, > > > > Murray 😊 > > > You must must mean missing IRON computing compared to classic BIG iron > computing. :) > In some ways the Z80 marked the end of home-brew computing in that one > often scrounged up cheaper parts for one's machine. If you could afford > the gold standard 4 MHZ z80, one could afford the rest of the machine. > Ben. > PS. Was not the APPLE I, released around now? > >
