Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dev!dgis!tswenson
From: tswenson@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Timothy Swenson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: UZI for Z80
Message-ID: <911@dgis.dtic.dla.mil>
Date: 3 Jul 90 17:56:06 GMT
References: <7044@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <BN7JL2w161w@cdthq>
Reply-To: tswenson@dgis.dtic.dla.mil.UUCP (Timothy Swenson)
Organization: Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Alexandria VA
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>> the same? The Z88 runs off the Z80 processor with their own OS called OZ.
>I believe the Z88 uses an Intel 8088 cpu, rather than the Zilog Z80.
>The ZX-80 was a Z80 machine, though.
>Gary Heston, at home....
Bzzzzzzztt, Sorry, no stove, no cigar.  The Z88 uses a Z80.
Sir Clive wanted the QL to have a Z80, but his engineers
wanted the sporty 68008.  With the Z88, he went back to the
reliable Z80.
The original poster was right in that respect.  But the OS is not
called OZ, it is called PipeDream.

Tim Swenson
Newsletter Editor,
Capital Area Timex/Sinclair User Group