22 Oct
1998
22 Oct
'98
4:40 a.m.
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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