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Hacking the last Z80 computer – FOSDEM 2026 [video]


- Track: Retrocomputing - Room: H.1302 (Depage) - Day: Sunday - Start (UTC+1): 15:10 - End (UTC+1): 15:30 - Room livestream: h1302 - Chat: Join the conversation! The Z80 CPU has been extremely popular in home computers of the eighties, but as 16-bit and 32-bit processors became more popular, the only new computers built using the Z80 were continuations of some legacy lines (like the Amstrad PCW). And yet, in 1999 a company named Cidco unveiled a completely new computer line named the MailStation.

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