Re: z80s?

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Subject: Re: z80s?
From: barrym <barrym@NEOSOFT.COM>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 15:26:30 GMT
Organization: NeoSoft, Inc.
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Douglas S. Oliver (dsoliver@EARTHLINK.NET) wrote:
: Don't forget the classic TRS80 Model 100, the computer that brought in a
: revolution!  There are many web sites devoted to this computer.  It was the
: first in the new generation of laptops.  I have one, I use one, and I wish I
: could hook it up to my TI86.--D

Actually the M100 uses an 8085 cpu, not a Z80.

: > The Commodore uses the 6502 processor.  A couple of things that do use the
: > Z80 include the Nintendo Gameboy, the Sega Master System, the Sega Genesis
: > (along with a 68k processor), a couple of failure home computers, and many
: > special purpose development boards.

The Commodore used a 6510 cpu.  This was very similar to the 6502 but
included some memory management capability.

The Gameboy cpu is not a Z80 but it is modelled after it.  It has a similar
but somewhat different architecture.

Barry

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