tmetro@LYNX.NORTHEASTERN.EDU (09/19/88)
Lance Hendrix <pnet01!crash!uunet.uu.net!ingr!lance> writes: > I have been looking for information on the Z8000 series chips. I have > heard that the new z8000 can replace the z80 one for one. I have even > wrote Zilog for the this info, but they have not answered my letter. > The local dealers can not either deny/confirm the existance of these > chips. I want to know if these chips are pin compatable????? Thomas C. Murphy <pnet01!crash!BRL.MIL!TMURPHY%wpi.bitnet> writes: > Last I heard, the Z80 and Z8000 have little in common except 3 characters. > The Z8000 is a 16-bit chip, isn't it? Information on the Z8000 series of IC's can be found in the Zilog (408 370-8000) "Z8 Family Design Handbook." The Z8 family consists of several 8-bit Microcomputers (MCU's) some even including BASIC interpreters. Seeing as the Z80 is a CPU and the Z8 series are MCUs (containing extra functions such as RAM/ROM/EPROM/UART/etc.) it is unlikely that you will find one that is pin compatable. ___________ ./ Tom Metro \_____________________________________________________________. | _ _ | | INET: tmetro@pro-angmar.uucp --/\/\_| |_| '- DigiTell, Inc. | | ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-angmar!tmetro@nosc.mil Newton, MA | | UUCP: [ihnp4 sdcsvax nosc]!crash!pnet01!pro%angmar!tmetro | |_Alternate: tmetro@lynx.northeastern.edu__________________________________|
TMURPHY@wpi.BITNET (09/20/88)
The Z8000 is available from Active Electronics, Westboro, MA. It is described
as a "16-bit segmented CPU", i.e. a 16 bit processor, NOT Z80 compatible.
Someone had mentioned the Z8, which is a microcontroller with on-board
BASIC. This is from the Z8600 family, not related to either the Z80
or Z8000.
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