>>>I will say the Z180 is a very interesting chip. I looked at it a lot as the Hitachi HD64180, which was available in a 64-pin DIP. But for some reason, it never got much "traction" in the market, so there wasn't much point in making a kit version of it. I'm glad to see someone has.<<<
There was the P112 and its follow on.? IT was popular but the date was 1980 and 8088 was?
showing its face finally (it had ben around for a while but no takers).
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FYI 64180 and Z180 are to most still a z80 and programs at the application level (CP/M) the same.
What the big deal Z180/64180 were z80s aka 8bitters..? 8088 and z8000,and 68000 were
bigger word size and minimally 16bit.? ?When everyone decided 16 it was it, the market
shifted fast and by the summer of 81 (just pre PC) it was already a 16 bit world.? Not to
say 8bitter were not in use but they were already hitting the memory wall.
TWhe sallwarts went to Z180/64180 as it was faster, offered the potential for
larger memory space (512k) and CP/M3, Zrdos and a few other cp/m compatables
could support that space.? The apps were still Z80 but way faster.??
8088 was nearly as easy to build up as the 8085.? Totally program (binary) incompatable.
But it was a thing.
Allison
