bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) (06/19/86)
ucdavis!clover!hildum@ucb-vax.ARPA (Eric Hildum) writes: >[if you assume that your BIOS saves the z80-specific registers, certain > programs that expect a z80 (turbo pascal for example) will die] CP/M(-80) is an operating system for >>8080<< microcomputers. If your BIOS or firmware uses the z80 registers without saving them, then it is WRONG BUGGY and ERRONOUS. DEC, unfortunately, isn't the only vendor that practices this bit of anti-social behaviour. andy -- Amu, ne armu! Andy Beals bandy@lll-crg.arpa {ihnp4,seismo,ll-xn,qantel,pyramid}!lll-crg!bandy LLNL, P.O. Box 808, Mailstop L-419, Livermore CA 94550 (415) 423-1948