23 Sep
2007
23 Sep
'07
2:12 p.m.
Subject: Re: Unknows S-100 System
From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:44:57 -0400
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
On Saturday 22 September 2007 19:35, Barry Watzman wrote:
What I wrote something similar I used the word "most" as I knew there was
some CP/M software that required z80. However from a business user
perspective most of the deireable and likely used software like word
preocessors, spreadsheets and databases 8080 was just fine save for
speed and the 8085 solved that. Also the 8085 was more of a bridge
than the ultimate application cpu.
Allison
All commercial software used 8080 instructions,
Well, no. Two that I know of that did require a z80 were Turbo Pascal and
Mix C.
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