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From: badri@cashew.ml.com (Valapet Badri)
Subject: Re:Best micropp.
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 16:20:26 GMT
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Organization:In article 2F42615E@psu.edu, nlc111@psu.edu (nate) writes:
>I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on which microprocessor is the 
>easyest to use in a robot project.  It would have to interface with standard 
>27*** EPROM easily and be simple to program.  I was considering the intel 8085 
>but lately I have grown pissed with its difficulty interfacing with EPROM.  
>Speed is not a concern as the robot will not be that bogged down with 
>computations.  It should also interface with standard I/O with little external 
>logic.  Thanks in advance!!
>
Z-80 is better than 8085 in E-prom interface. The data/address buse are not muxed as
in 8085. If you want a single chip to have I/O and more func. look at 68HC11.
It is a good for microcontroller type of appln. such as yours.

Badri
Opinions are mine only and not that of my employer.

>
>  Keith Soldavin
>  KAS219@psu.edu



