On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 15:43, Arjun Asthana wrote: > The QA standards are still more strict for Space. The Martian Buggy used Z80 > processor,
> which is long dead (about 20 years) in commercial world. er.. the Z80 is one of the most successful processors in the world, and is hardly dead in the commercial world. it is used in several small, embedded devices, from epabx, cctv equipment, to several consumer and industrial goods. its stable, it works, its price hit rock bottom long ago, and like arnold schwazznager in total recall, it is just making its first trip to mars. it also played a major role in kick-starting the personal computer revolution. thanks to sinclair and a few other home pc connected to home tv players. this processor deserves a special mention in the history of computing, in academic course books, and in the history of industrialization and space-research. :-) LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
