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The Great Search: Z80 Processors

This week we saw a lot of chatter about Zilog's End-of-Life Notification (https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/5570/PCN_ZAC24-0029.pdf) for their Z84C series chips. These chips were pretty cool because they were true Z80 processors and available in DIP format! They are still in stock at DigiKey for now (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/zilog/Z84C0010PEG/929206) and there's a last-time-buy, so if you happen to want some large quantity, it's possible to put in a request for one last batch. There are also other Z80 processors available, so you're not totally out…

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