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From: donk@dadla.LA.TEK.COM (Donald C. Kirkpatrick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: New processor rumour
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Date: 7 Apr 89 18:13:00 GMT
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In article <2259@sigma.UUCP> bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) writes:
>
>Interesting stuff (a 20 MHz Z80!!!), but working from Zilog's track record 
>on the Z800 (I got a spec sheet in '81 - when was it that it actually came
>out?), I won't believe it until I actually see it...
>

While it is true that the Z280 (a.k.a. Z800) had an especially long
gestation, I just wanted the net to know that it most certainly is
available now. I have been running CP/M on mine for over a year now.
The on-board cashe definitely speeds up execution. The bus timing is
much improved over the Z80. I have nothing bad to report.

	-Don Kirkpatrick (donk@dadla.LA.TEK.COM)
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