Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im

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Subject: Re: TI-H: General questions with a possibly big im
From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu (Mel Tsai)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:45:11 GMT
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>Well.. for one thing, I don't think the Z80 has multiprocessor support.
>You might be able to do it anyway, but it'd be much more difficult than
>using a processor which was designed for multiprocessor capability.. And
>then you've got the excitment of writing multiprocessor-capable software.

It does have limited multiprocessor support, just about every uP on
earth does.  But it's not that sophisitcated, it's simply a bus
request/bus grant scheme, and it really wouldn't be worth implementing
on a puny Z80.  Multiprocessing with Z80's was only desired back in
the 70's when the Z80 was still a powerful processor.

-Mel

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