Yea, they were really unhappy that the 8085 didn't have any of there ideas incorporated into it, so they started Zilog and built the Z80.
-----Original Message----- From: Gregg C Levine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 5:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: big and little endian Hello from Gregg C Levine You mean the I8080, the core group that created the I8080, got up, and created the Z80, when they felt that Intel was neglecting a lot of their good ideas. All of which landed in the Z80. One of the many reasons why CP/M-80 can run on both based systems, despite the fact that the IMSAI was an I8080 box. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Fargusson.Alan > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] big and little endian > > I am fairly sure it was little endian, but it is hard to tell. I only think this because I > read an internal document at Zilog that talked about it. Note that Zilog started out > with several Intel employees, thus the Z80 is actually related to the 4004. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: big and little endian > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, John Alvord wrote: > > > The way I understand it, the little endian scheme is optimized for > > mini/micro hardware of the middle 1970s (4004. 8080, PDP etc). Those > > I don't think the 4004 (4-bit words) could have ben either;-) > > You neglected the 8008, after the 4004 and before the 8080. The only > think I know about the 8008 is that they were used in some terminals we > had in the mid 70s, made by Information Electronics in Canberra. > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
