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Iirc, theyre the last products still using a z80, which was launched in the seventies. Keeping an entire chip fab open for one thing isnt cheap, even if its for something like a z80
At the same time, there's no reason why they couldn't upgrade to something else. You can do everything a graph calculator does on your cellphone using websites...
You say that, but its standardized. It needs to be exactly the same if only to keep everyone on a level playing field
What? Should we standardize computers so everyone has the same processing power?
For something like the SAT, yeah, youd want everyone on as level a playing field as possible
Why allow calculators at all then? People who are better at using it have an advantage, everyone should only use pen and paper for the SAT, that's a level playing field.
But people better at writing have an advantage, we should only use language, that's a level playing field. /s
The z80 actually just went EOL last week! After nearly 50 years.
Yeah but they're still making the ez80 for the calculators. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_eZ80
Ah, duh! Totally forgot about that part of the article, lol
If it's good enough for Phantasy Star it's good enough for me.