11) Zilog Z80 assembler.
Geesh, would you like my 6502 breadboard?
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6502 assembler with that screaming 1 MHz clock.
You mean the Mostek Z80 cross assembler they wrote in FORTRAN?
Nothing like writing assembler code on an 029 keypunch...
Ouch.
Maybe, but not dead. Seen just a few days ago:
Recent standout demo 'Pimp My Spectrum' – a collection of complex effects and in-jokes wrapped in comforting Spectrum colour-clash – essentially involved creator Ate Bit redesigning the 8-bit computer on the fly. "Technically, it was fairly straightforward. The hard bit was coming up with the concept, story-boarding it, getting the art and music assets created and then putting it all together before the deadline," says coder Paul Grenfel. "I mean, it's got a simple Z80 emulator in there and a load of Z80 code to run the demo, as well as a software rasteriser for the 3D and an AY emulator, but none of those were that tricky to write." The demo, technically a 64kB PC intro, sticks to its Z80 principles but shows off effects that wouldn't have been considered possible on the venerable processor in its heydey.OK, so it's really obscure - but it ain't dead.
(BTW: I wonder what the going price is on my old and nearly perfect copy of "Captain Zilog" comic book is...)
Oh man! I wrote a disassembler for the Z80 (TRS-80) back in ‘79. Is no one using that any more? I’m bummed, now. What am I going to do with all these cassette tapes?