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From: mike@peregrine.UUCP (Mike Wexler)
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Subject: Re: Z800 & Z8000000000 preliminary specs to net.jokes please.
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 14:04:52 EDT
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> 
> Ha!!
> 
> If you had even bothered to read the Zilog spec for the Z80k you would
> see that the 68000 looks like a mere toy in comparison. 
> Does the 68k have an on chip MMU variable size segments, cache that run at 25MHz
> Anyway less of the technical drivel and on to the instruction set.
> 
> Just a few examples (6502 programmers just drool quietly in the corner).
> 
> CHK   compare destination and source bounds and if out of bound then trap
> 
> INDEX  calculate array index: check scale and accumulate 
> 
> ENTER  enter procedure. + EXIT procedure
> 
> CPSDR compare string decrement & repeat
> 
> If this chip does not succeed in a big way then the whole business sucks!
> 
Oh well!  So much for RISC.
Bye the way you can get 68020's, and 32032's.  Where can I get a Z80000?