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I have been a bit fascinated by this, but perhaps you could explain to me what fascinates you about Z80. Just for reference I am a Motorola 68000 fan, mostly be

I have been a bit fascinated by this, but perhaps you could explain to me what fascinates you about Z80. Just for reference I am a Motorola 68000 fan, mostly because I grew up with Amiga. My first computer was an Amiga 1000. After Amiga Basic some of the first programming I did was 68000 assembly. I really liked it, and I absolutely hated x86 assembly when I tried that later. x86 seemed so quirky to me, with its segment registers and the naming of assembly instructions just didn't seem as nicely organized as for 68000, which almost felt like high level language in comparison. x86 turned me off assembly for years. I have gotten some interest again these last years by playing around with AVR. I like AVR for the simplicity and low price. Perhaps you could sell me on Z80, how does it compare to using AVR chips?

doctor_eval 7y ago
I love the M68K, in fact I almost said it was my favourite, but I think the Z80 taught me more. Like the 68K, the Z80 had great mnemonics, was really easy to understand. In many ways I think it was at least a spiritual predecessor to the 68K. I mean, Z80 was an 8 bit CPU and 68K was much more capable 16 bit CPU. My guess is that if you liked the 68K you'd probably like the Z80. Intel mnemonics always sucked :) 8086 and 80286 put me off assembly language too. I don't know the AVR... don't get to play with CPUs much any more :(