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>Agon light™ is the fastest and cheapest 8-bit microcomputer ever made. But... The cheapest that I can see is about 50€... That doesn't sound very cheap to me
by LoveMortuus 4y ago
>Agon light™ is the fastest and cheapest 8-bit microcomputer ever made.
But... The cheapest that I can see is about 50€... That doesn't sound very cheap to me :/
Am I just lacking some information or is it actually not that cheap?
- mat_epice 4y agoIt’s really a single-board computer, analogous an 8-bit Raspberry Pi. Not expensive for a SBC, but not as cheap as I would expect an 8-bit thing with vga would be. Being that 8-bit processors have been gone from interactive systems for so long, anything under a couple of hundred dollars would have been “cheapest.” It would just have to come in under the price of the 80s systems. I could win the same kind of contest by making a 5-bit machine at any price!
- tyingq 4y agoThe "DUINOMITE" is 20€, but it's based on a 32 bit CPU, even though it sort of functions like an old 8-bit home computer...boots to a BASIC interpreter. Similar is the VGA+PS/2 equipped ESP32 board: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832855287283.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832855287283.html at $12USD or so. But, again, not 8-bit. I think their claim of cheapest for this Agon light is because a 8-bit home-pc style computer is such a niche/purist space. It's more expensive to build a keyboard/vga ready thing because the chip doesn't have much built-in. https://www.olimex.com/Products/Duino/Duinomite/DUINOMITE/open-source-hardware https://www.olimex.com/Products/Duino/Duinomite/DUINOMITE/op...