EDSAC on your desk.

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Wed Sep 23 11:19:12 1998

At 09:29 PM 9/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>< We just to joke that Z80EMU on a Pentium was faster than any Z80 process
>< you could actually buy, I wonder if it wouldn't be feasible these days t
>< create a 38 pin I/O port and build an "ICE" in software...
>< --Chuck
>
>thats a tall claim as the z80 is available up to 20mhz and z180s to 33mhz.
>Then you can also use he Z380 is z80 native mode (it uses fewer clocks
>per instruction than any other z80) at 20mhz (faster are supposed to
>exist.).

Of course this was before the Z280 was in production. However I called a
friend last night who still uses this setup and he said that a PII/400
reports an equivalent Z80 speed of 63.2Mhz. Guess it depends on the PC. He
did say that L80 and M80 were quite snappy :-)

--Chuck
Received on Wed Sep 23 1998 - 11:19:12 BST