Date   : Wed, 11 Apr 1990 16:19:06 GMT
From   : mcsun!unido!balu!tilmann%cosmo.UUCP@uunet.uu.net (Tilmann Reh)
Subject: Non-Intel Bashing...

Hello.

The Z280 will be released as a 12.5 MHz version this May. True.
But as Zilog says, a 25 MHz version will never appear. Sigh.

However, a Z80-CMOS with 20 MHz (5 MIPS) is available NOW!
Needs quite fast Cache-RAMs to operate, I guess...

This guy from Denmark had the bad luck of buying a CP/M-68K system. Although
quite small and fast, this OS never reached the popularity of CP/M-80
(2.2/3.x), of which we are talking when saying just 'CP/M', and for which
still new software is available.

Besides, if you take the PC & clone market away, there will be few who
are using Intel processors. They all use 68K, 32K, Z80/180/8000, TMS9995 etc.,
and they all know why! Very bad luck that IBM took these chips for their PC.
But, if you have a look at PC architecture, it isn't even better than that
of Intel processors. Every 10-year-old electronic hobbyist would have made
a better design than IBM's 'high-tech' engineers (and would have taken better
chips, also). Details are much too much to list here. Last but not least, the
architecture and quality of the mostly-used OS on that machines fits CPU and
and computer design. They probably found the worst OS for the worst computer
based on the worst CPU, but that is now called 'industry standard'.

BURP!

Tilmann