Native CP/M

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Wed Apr 10 09:27:12 2002

> > Well, usualy this doesn't work, because of the different CPUs
> > (I assume we are talking about CP/M80 - CP/M86 will of course
> > boot on most classic PCs). The only way beside Emulators under
> > DOS/Win, and rare coprocessor boards is of course the NEC V20.

> > A V20 is for all PC/PC-XT machines a must, because of about
> > 10% faster execution (the V20 core is build like the 186/286).

> The problem with the V20 (and the V30, which IIRC is the '8086' version)
> is that you only get the 8080 instruction set. And while CP/M will run on
> an 8080, a lot of the more recent CP/M software needs a Z80.

Yep, you're right. It did quite work well with my
software. And IIRC he was talking about software
development for an IMSAI, and that's and 8080, if
not modified with a Z80 CPU board - which again
would be no IMSAI anymore :) So a V20 with the
8080 mode is adequate.

Gruss
H.

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