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After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
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[–] jmcunx@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

I remember working in a warehouse that stored many ICs when I was very young. IIRC, Zilog packaging was quite good. Some other brands packages would crack or open up if nor handled with "kid gloves". This brings back memories,