Date   : Tue, 17 Oct 1989 07:16:23 GMT
From   : spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11!josef@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Moellers)
Subject: Z80 Algorithms

mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson) writes:

>     Since when is the 64180 made by Zilog?  The 64180 is a Hitachi Z80 clone
>with some additional instructions.

It was not originally made by Zilog (i.e. developped) but Zilog probably
found it a neat chip (which it is) and it fitted nicely in their range,
so they second-sourced it and named it the Z180.

That's all folks.

               Josef Moellers

       paper mail:                     e-mail:
c/o Nixdorf Computer AG                USA:  uunet!philabs!linus!nixbur!mollers.pad
Abt. DX-PC                     !USA: mcvax!unido!nixpbe!mollers.pad
Pontanusstrasse                                Phone:
D-4790 Paderborn               (+49) 5251 146245
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.  |
|  Can You give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out       |
|  death in judgement"                                                    |
|                      Gandalf to Frodo in "The Fellowship of the Ring"|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
               Josef Moellers

       paper mail:                     e-mail:
c/o Nixdorf Computer AG                USA:  uunet!philabs!linus!nixbur!mollers.pad