I was an active Z-80 user in those days and I respectfully disagree with that assessment. There was nothing logical about going from Z-80 to 8088/86 (and 8080

I was an active Z-80 user in those days and I respectfully disagree with that assessment. There was nothing logical about going from Z-80 to 8088/86 (and 8080 didn't matter nearly as much). Seeing the number of design wins m68k racked up, it would have been the logical choice (and ISTR that IBM actually liked it better, but it and its peripherals were more expensive). Disclaimer: not a fan of any of these architectures. EDIT: typo