Zilog's Z80 was a lynchpin of the home computer revolution. The first two 8-bit machines I owned, the ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC, both had one. The versatile chip was a regular co-processor in the 16-bit era, and enjoyed a long golden afternoon as a low-power CPU with an instruction set everyone and their gran knows by heart. — Read the rest
Critics hail ‘half a century of momentum’ and vow to expand services to meet the growing threat from other diseases
Casio watches have been a pop culture staple for decades. In 1985’s Back to the Future, Marty McFly dons a Casio CA53W black calculator watch, a nerdy and oh-so-cool icon you can still buy today. More recently, in 2023’s black comedy Saltburn, Barry Keoghan’s cunning character wears a digital stainless steel Casio—for about $45, you can channel his vibes. And don’t forget the classic G-Shock DW-5600 on Keanu Reeves’ wrist in the 1994 action-packed Speed, as he drives a bus rigged with a bomb....
The nonprofit organization looks ahead with commitments to education and preservation and seeks public input on its future goals.
Numbers continue to decline since pandemic but officials say more work still needed.
Geneva, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) In the past 50 years global immunization has saved 154 million people, equivalent to six lives every minute, and most of them were babies, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday. The post Global vaccination saved 154M lives in past 50 years – WHO first appeared on Prensa Latina.
NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft has begun sending readable communications again. The legendary probe had for months been transmitting gibberish back to Earth
The iconic IC device, developed by Federico Faggin, will soon be phased out, and interested parties only have a few months left to place their orders before Zilog's manufacturing partner ends support for the technology.Read Entire Article
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With 10 straight days of events, there is a lot to get out and enjoy, but festival leaders say none of them would be happening without a little help from a lot of volunteers.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka community members are invited to stop by Washburn University (WU) to help celebrate its nursing school's 50th anniversary next month. WU announced on April 11 in a press release that its nursing program is celebrating 50 years of service in May. The celebration, which is open for all to attend, consists []
Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.