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Re:The Agon light is the fastest 8-bit microcomputer by LoveMortuus on Saturday February 04, 2023 @02:24PM (#34657267)
>Agon light™ is the fastest and cheapest 8-bit microcomputer ever made.

But... The cheapest that I can see is about 50€... That doesn't sound very cheap to me :/

Am I just lacking some information or is it actually not that cheap?

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Re:The Agon light is the fastest 8-bit microcomputer by mat_epice on Saturday February 04, 2023 @02:41PM (#34657436)
It’s really a single-board computer, analogous an 8-bit Raspberry Pi. Not expensive for a SBC, but not as cheap as I would expect an 8-bit thing with vga would be.

Being that 8-bit processors have been gone from interactive systems for so long, anything under a couple of hundred dollars would have been “cheapest.” It would just have to come in under the price of the 80s systems. I could win the same kind of contest by making a 5-bit machine at any price!

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Re:The Agon light is the fastest 8-bit microcomputer by tyingq on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:30PM (#34658525)
The "DUINOMITE" is 20€, but it's based on a 32 bit CPU, even though it sort of functions like an old 8-bit home computer.

I think their claim of cheapest for this Agon light is because a 8-bit home-pc style computer is such a niche/purist space.

https://www.olimex.com/Products/Duino/Duinomite/DUINOMITE/op...

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