{"id":796,"date":"2009-09-08T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/When-was-the-last-time-you-saw-one-of-these.aspx"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:24:38","slug":"when-was-the-last-time-you-saw-one-of-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/when-was-the-last-time-you-saw-one-of-these\/","title":{"rendered":"When was the last time you saw one of these?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">I&#39;ve been spending some time reorganizing my electronic components and came across a serious blast from the past&#8230; <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\L2009\/\\L9\/\\Lp1010622.jpg\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\L2009\/\\L9\/\\Lsmallp1010622.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">(Click the image for a larger version &#8211; 354Kb) <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Left to right, from top down: <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Zilog Z80 (popular in the Sinclair ZX computers) <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Intel 8085 from 1980 <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">AMD 8080 from 1977 <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Intel 8086 from 1978 <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Intel 8080 from 1979 <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Intel 8088 from 1981 <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Motorola 68000 (from the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga) <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">I guess I&#39;ve kept these for nostalgia &#8211; I&#39;ve got a bunch of 6502s but they&#39;re still in the computers. 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