[net.micro] Z800 information: Did I miss something?

maxwell@babel.DEC (05/30/85)

A couple  of  months  ago,  I  requested  information from this news group's
readers  about  Zilog's Z800 uP. I received several replies (thank you all),
but  none  contained  any  information  I  didn't already know, or requested
information as well.

Yesterday, however,  my  copy of net.micro contained an article by a guy who
wasn't  too  complimentary towards Zilog and their "Real Soon Now" Z800 (and
Z80000*)  chips.  In  his  opening he'd quoted a passage from someone else's
message that seems to have contained information "straight from Zilog"....

I've missed  the  original,  quoted,  message. Since yesterday's message was
sent to both net.arch and net.micro, perhaps it showed up in net.arch (which
I  don't  currently  receive.  If  anyone has a copy of the original, please
forward it to me.

I'm still  interested  in  the  Z800,  by the way. According to the 'latest'
information,  via  Zilog's  distributor in the Boston area, the Z800 will be
sampled Q1'86.  It's getting hard to hold my breath....

-+- Sid Maxwell, DEC @ Spit Brook, Nashua NH