Building a Z-80 (64bit!!!)

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Thu Oct 22 11:40:31 1998

Hans Franke wrote:

> But after all where is the sense of having a Z80 as 64 Bit
> processor ? It's a well usable 8/16 Bit processor. Even the
> 380 isnt realy an advantage - you just don't realy need this
> 32 Bit instructions. A set consecutive 16 Bit instructions
> can do it in almost the same time. From my point of usage
> a 16 Bit uP is anything you need - compact code, compact data

Well, it might be fun to redo TRS-80 Level I BASIC with 32-bit
instructions. (No way would I try to do that with LDOS/LS-DOS --
it's already perfect).
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Received on Thu Oct 22 1998 - 11:40:31 BST

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