Re:The Making of Elite
by jacquesm on Saturday June 14, 2014 @01:24PM
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There is absolutely nothing that made the 6502 worse than the Z80, I far preferred programming 6502 asm above Z80 asm.
Don't confuse the machine with the CPU.
Being late to the party and not offering anything that made it stand out at a similar price point was enough to make it a non-starter. I don't fault them for trying though, the '8 bit home computer' was an area that everybody was trying to get into back then.
Re:The Making of Elite
by pkroll on Saturday June 14, 2014 @02:37PM
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Eh, the Z80 had a memory move command that was fast and convenient, and successors (Z80K!) that went to 32 bit. Now, the 6809, that was a sweet 8-bit. :)
Don't confuse the machine with the CPU.
Being late to the party and not offering anything that made it stand out at a similar price point was enough to make it a non-starter. I don't fault them for trying though, the '8 bit home computer' was an area that everybody was trying to get into back then.