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> 6502 or Z80? It really depends on what you want. The Z80 is more "corporate". There were lots of embedded systems built with a Z80 at the heart. People used
by BraveNewCurency 10y ago
> 6502 or Z80?
It really depends on what you want.
The Z80 is more "corporate". There were lots of embedded systems built with a Z80 at the heart. People used it to get a lot of stuff DONE.
6502 is more of a hackable computer. Because it was used in the Apple ][, there were lots of people trying lots of strange experiments. Some were incredibly good, years ahead of their time. There are games in 64K that were more fun than most bloated multi-GB games on consoles today.
This dichotomy exists to this day. (Search "Visual Z80" vs "Visual 6502" and compare the depth of understanding and/or passion.)
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoYeah, the modern 6502 community is way more active than the Z80 community (which is kept afloat by GG, MS, GB/CGB, and Speccy hackers. OTOH, they have better tools: give me sdcc or WLA DX over cc65 or xa any day (and yes, WLA works with either chip, but it came from the GB/GG community, and those were the first chips it supported)). I'm thinking of starting with the Z80 if I build an SBC, though: It may not be as cool, or popular, or have as elegant in instruction set, but it's a heck of a lot easier to program (especially for a novice asm programmer like me).