Re: Z8000

Larry Irwin writes: > But the [Altos] main processor was an early x86 I think. 80286 -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Z8000 (WAS Woody on 486 problem)

I remember the Z80 on the Altos 586 and 986 series... We ran Altos Xenix 3.0 on them... They used a Z80 for each set of 4 serial ports... But the main processor was an early x86 I think. That is the machine I learned *nix on! (it was better than MPM or Oasis (later called Theos))... (showing my

OT: Z8000 (WAS Woody on 486 problem)

Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-02-22 09:25:14, schrieb Mike McCarty: Sinclair ZX81 => Zylog Z80/Z8000 The Zilog Z80 is an 8 bit machine, the Z8000 is a 16 bit machine. The Z80 was the sales name but intern it was Z8000. I went and looked at the Wikipedia article about the Z8000 an