The first computer I owned was a Heathkit H-89 that I assembled from a kit. I still have it gathering dust in my garage. It stopped working a long time ago. But it had not one, but two Zilog Z80 microprocessors. I pretty much taught myself assembly language on that machine as a teenager.
After all these years the venerable Z80 is gone. Quite a run though. From The Register.
Steven A. Guccione 
I used the Hitachi (now Renesas) HD64180 and Zilog Z80180, which were Z80’s with integrated peripherals, in the late 80’s. They were much easier to work with than a Z80 plus a handful of other chips. Looks like these are still active components, so the Z80’s demise might be greatly exaggerated. D.N.
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