9 Dec
2005
9 Dec
'05
11:19 p.m.
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:52:21 -0800
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 12/9/2005 at 1:38 PM Allison wrote:
Sure. If you're stuck with incompatible old stock, stick it an
embedded application where it will run ONLY your own well-tested
code.
The early NEC 8080 (round lid prior to 77ish) set
the flags
wrong I believe it was the sign flag though I'd have to check.
After IMSAI
and others dumped them for the big they redesigned to exactly
match the Intel 8080A, NEC part was 8080AF.
I thought it was interesting that although IMSAI wouldn't use
the NEC 8080A part on their CPU cards, they freely used it in
their floppy controller. Probably to use up old stock, who
knows?