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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Nec v20 and simcga/hgcibm and accelerator boards and ...
Message-ID: <266@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 14:57:27 GMT
References: <17145@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
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In article <17145@watmath.waterloo.edu> 221.162.fido!Geoffrey_Welsh@watmath.waterloo.edu writes:
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|   The posting asked for a semi-informed reply, and I am definitely 
|qualified to provide that! (B^>)
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|   The only compatibility problems in the NEC V20 are caused by its 
|built-in Z80 emulation, which is controlled by a bit in the CPU's FLAGS
          ^^^

If only that were so!  The V20 executes (NOT emulates) 8080
instructions, but not the extended ones that the Z80 has.

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