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From: josef@peun11.uucp (Moellers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Z80 Algorithms
Keywords: Z280 NS32K
Message-ID: <590@nixpbe.UUCP>
Date: 27 Oct 89 07:29:52 GMT
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fifi@cosmo.UUCP (A.F.Zinser) writes:

>In article <577@nixpbe.UUCP> josef@peun11.uucp (Moellers) writes:
>> 
[quote of my reply stating that if You wanted mul/div, You could just
 as well take a 32K machine]

>Sorry, the Z280 (Z8000) instruction set is a superset of the Z80
>instruction set; it's the same sitiuation as using the HD64180 (Z180)!
>As far as I know the NS32K never understands any Z80 instruction :-).

Sorry again, but the Z280 is neither a Z8000 nor a superset of the Z80
(as far as I know, I have a reference man at home and now I'm at work).
The Z80, Z280 and Z8000 are three completely different CPUs.

So, if You're going to use an incompatible CPU, take a good one (NS32K)!


		Josef Moellers

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