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The point of that Z80 chip was to support the CP/M platform, which was used for a lot of business and utility software pre-IBM PC. So, I'm not sure why you thin
by zozbot123 8y ago
The point of that Z80 chip was to support the CP/M platform, which was used for a lot of business and utility software pre-IBM PC. So, I'm not sure why you think that coupling the two was a bad idea.
- protomyth 8y agoBecause it was an 8-bit chip with no future in 1985 and CP/M was pretty much dead. Two 8-bit chips was just a bad idea.