[Gllug] Re: Dual core AMDs

[Rich Walker]

Richard Huxton <dev at archonet.com> writes:

> Richard Jones wrote:
>> Regarding Z80 "vs" 6502, I can't imagine anyone would actually want
>> to program a 6502 after using a Z80 ...
>
> Then you've clearly been out in the sun too long sir.
>
> The 6502 represents the pinnacle of CPU design, before this current slide into transistor-mad
> decadence ;-)
>
> Three registers are enough for anyone.

You mean "256 registers, one accumulator, two index offset registers, and
the ability to use any adjacent pair of registers for indirect
addressing" is enough for anyone, shurely?

cheers, Rich.

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