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The Amstrad had a 4Mhz 8 bit Z80 CPU whilst the esp32 has a dual core 240MHz 32 bit CPU with 520K RAM 4MB flash, bluetooth low energy and bluetooth classic, wif

The Amstrad had a 4Mhz 8 bit Z80 CPU whilst the esp32 has a dual core 240MHz 32 bit CPU with 520K RAM 4MB flash, bluetooth low energy and bluetooth classic, wifi b/g/n 4 SPI interfaces 2 I2C interfaces 2 I2S interfaces, 10 touch sensors, digital to analog and analog to digital converters, an additional low power CPU which can also be used for computing tasks and a hardware crypto accelerator. It's fast enough to generate a TV signal in software, so yes it's definitely more powerful than an Amstrad.

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benj111 8y ago
"10 touch sensors, digital to analog and analog to digital converters" To be fair, you aren't comparing like with like. The amstrad has 100+(?) touch 'sensors' in its keyboard. It has digital to analogue converters for the monitor and printer also. It may also have had an additional processor in the floppy drive. Do those code wheel anti piracy things they used to have count as a hardware crypto accelerator? (sir Alan Sugar would say yes!) So yeah the ESP32 is still definitely more powerful than the Amstrad.
mrighele 8y ago
Not that it makes much difference on the comparison, but the Amstrad PC1512 [1] was a Personal Computer based on an Intel 8086 chip, you're probably confusing it with Amstrad CPC [2] which was a family of home computers based on the Z80. Edit: I discover now that there was also a Amstrad PCW family of PCs [3], though it don't see a PCW1512 model in there, so I'm not sure which one the parent was talking about. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1512 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1512 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Joyce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Joyce
- pjmlp 8y ago
  PC 1512, the extra W was a typo, as I knew both models and things get mixed up with age. :)
pjmlp 8y ago
I actually meant the PC 1512, not PCW, but your comment still holds.

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benj111 8y ago

"10 touch sensors, digital to analog and analog to digital converters" To be fair, you aren't comparing like with like. The amstrad has 100+(?) touch 'sensors' in its keyboard. It has digital to analogue converters for the monitor and printer also. It may also have had an additional processor in the floppy drive. Do those code wheel anti piracy things they used to have count as a hardware crypto accelerator? (sir Alan Sugar would say yes!) So yeah the ESP32 is still definitely more powerful than the Amstrad.

mrighele 8y ago

Not that it makes much difference on the comparison, but the Amstrad PC1512 [1] was a Personal Computer based on an Intel 8086 chip, you're probably confusing it with Amstrad CPC [2] which was a family of home computers based on the Z80. Edit: I discover now that there was also a Amstrad PCW family of PCs [3], though it don't see a PCW1512 model in there, so I'm not sure which one the parent was talking about. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1512 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1512 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Joyce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Joyce

pjmlp 8y ago
PC 1512, the extra W was a typo, as I knew both models and things get mixed up with age. :)

pjmlp 8y ago

I actually meant the PC 1512, not PCW, but your comment still holds.