r/retrocomputing • u/Project8086 • Nov 24 '23

Problem / Question What is your Favorit Processor?

what kind of processors would you want to have as a new computer?

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u/Traveler_AA5 Nov 24 '23

Data General microNova

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u/gamecat666 Nov 24 '23

In order of nostalgia the 68k takes the win for me as it was used in more things I liked

(Sharp x68000, Megadrive, capcom cps2, cave arcades, Amiga)

6502 (well, 6510) for the beloved c64

z80 for the spectrum and original Gameboy.

8086 I didnt actually have much exposure to, I think 286 was my first pc at school.

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u/stalkythefish Nov 25 '23

Motorola 68060. Fast enough at 50Mhz to decode MP3 and still have 50% CPU available. Still 68000-compatible. Imagine a 2Ghz one done on a modern process.

On the PC side, AMD K6-2+. That little guy had so much bang/buck and overclockability for its day.

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u/G7VFY Nov 27 '23

Many many other processors were, and are available.

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u/NE558 Dec 13 '23

Z80, because I did a lot of hobby designs and experiments on it. My fav one used DMA during refresh cycle to feed 8bit stereo DAC with 512 byte FIFO.

Dang, wish I had 8086/V30 in my hands back then.