williams@NRL-CSS.ARPA (02/04/88)
In a recent Byte, Steve Ciarcia refered to "the Hitachi HD64180 (Z180)". Does this mean that Zilog is now a second source of the HD64180? Or is the Z180 not exactly the same as a HD64180? By the way, I got the first issue of Ciarcia's new magazine, Circuit Cellar Ink, yesterday, and it looks good. Just the thing for anyone who likes his Byte column and wants more. Thanks! Jim ------------------------------------------------------------ There is no 'd' in "kluge"! It rhymes with "deluge", not "sludge". James W. Williams williams@nrl-css.arpa Information Technology Division Naval Research Laboratory (202) 767-9190 Washington, DC ------------------------------------------------------------
pekka-r@obelix.liu.se (Pekka Akselin [The Mad Midnight Hacker]) (02/10/88)
Hello! In article <8802032201.AA04237@nrl-css.ARPA> you write: [...] >Or is the Z180 not exactly the same as a HD64180? I've never heard of a Z180!? But there is an Z280 made by Zilog. It's just wonderful, it's a virtual memory 16-bit Z80 (extended instr. set) with MMU, instr. pipeline and data/instr. cache. AND lots more. It currently runs under a 10MHz clock (Xtal = 20MHz) but future versions will be as fast as 25MHz. The 10MHz version is approx. 3 times faster than a 5 MHz Z80. Running minix on this chip would be very nice! > By the way, I got the first issue of Ciarcia's new magazine, >Circuit Cellar Ink, yesterday, and it looks good. Just the thing for >anyone who likes his Byte column and wants more. How do you order the magazine? Bye. /pekka [...The Mad Midnight Hacker Strikes Again...] ______________________________________________________________________________ pekka-r@obelix.liu.se ...!uunet!enea!liuida!obelix!pekka-r Pekka Akselin, Univ. of Linkoping, Sweden (The Land Of The Midnight Hacker 8-) Bus error (core dumped)