Re: LZ: Info about processor in Ti-85 required
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Richard Gallagher wrote:
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> What kind of processor is used in the TI-85. It is not a Zilog Z80,
> since it is made by Toshiba. But it is at least compatible to a
> certain degree to the Z80. Does the TI-85 processor support the full
> instruction set of the Z80? Does it support any instructions that aren't
> in the Z80 instruction set?True, the cpu is not a ZILOG z80, but it is a z80, it's just a copy
made by Toshiba. It's exactly the same instructions and all. There
are some undocumented commands, but I wouldn't use those(I think sls
was the one I remember)
>
> Also what is the word size of this processor? 8-bit?Memory addresses are 16-bit
>
> >From what I can recall the Z80 had memory refresh
> circuitry built into it, now it would be silly for TI to put dynamic
> ram in a calculator. So is it implemented on this processor? Is
> there an R register? Is it safe to use it for other uses?
> Yup, memory refresh that's right. I don't know about different types
of ram, but it sounds like dynamic is the stuff that stays longer
than static. Not sure...
There is an R register, but I wouldn't use it unless you disable the
interupts, but why would you want to? You got enough registers and
stack space and memory
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> Richard Gallagher
> rbg@cvm.co.nz
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