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From: ben@catnip.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Z80 -> 8080 converter
Message-ID: <445@catnip.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 00:36:38 EST
Article-I.D.: catnip.445
Posted: Fri Jan 16 00:36:38 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Jan-87 04:58:09 EST
References: <249@rocksanne.UUCP> <175@herman.UUCP>
Reply-To: ben@catnip.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Organization: The Broder Residence, Holmdel, NJ  07733
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Keywords: Z80 8080 converter

In article <175@herman.UUCP> det@herman.UUCP (Derek Terveer) writes:
>In article <249@rocksanne.UUCP>, stein@rocksanne.UUCP (Adam Stein) writes:
>> I am look for a Z80 to 8080 program converter.  My C compiler only comes with
>> an 8080 assembler.  This is for a TRS-80 Model 4.  I don't care what language
>> it's written in.  I would appreciate any help on this.
>
>I believe that z80 has a mere two instructions that 8080 doesn't have.
>Therefore, most likely, your z80 program will run unchanged with the 8080
>assembler (I hope i'm right in this).  (As long as the z80 code doesn't use
>those two instructions that is)


The Z80 and 8080 use the same op-codes and very nearly compatible (except
for a couple of new instructions on the Z80), but the assembly language
for the two chips is quite different.  I am not sure why Zilog decided
to change the mnemonics (sp?), but they did.

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Ben Broder
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