What was the first Unix micro?

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sun Oct 11 12:55:57 1998

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Tony Duell wrote:

> > Zilog's System 8000 running ZEUS:
> > http://www.ifeb.se/obs/zilog.html
>
> Are those machines common on this list?

The reason I had the URL handy is because I spotted one this weekend.
This one has a bunch of spare cards in the empty cab of the bottom module,
including a CPU card with an AMD-made Z8000 on it. The spares were fairly
early vintage.

The plugged-in CPU card was a bit odd. It was 1986/1987 vintage and
appeared to have Z80000-series chips (yes, that has the right number of
zeros). I remember Zilog making a Z80000, but I don't know any details.
Was it Z8000-compatible? This particular machine is labeled as a Zilog
asset, so there's a chance it includes goodies that didn't make it into
the real world.

Sam is making room for it in his garage as we speak :-)

-- Doug
Received on Sun Oct 11 1998 - 12:55:57 BST

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