:>PL>Do you know the Z380 has 89(!!!) 8-bit registers?
:>  >Or if you need 16 or 32 bit registers, there are 40(!!)
:>
:>  Zilog has a reputation for being generous with registers.
:>
:>  The Z8 MCU has 144 registers, and the Super8 MCU has 325.
:
:Interesting! IMO the amount of registers is one of the main reasons the Z80
:is so efficient and often used. With all the registers the Z380 offers I
:think it will be a dream to program :)
:
:I kinda feel like programming an assembler for it, even though it would be
:currently useless ;) But then again, I got too much projects going on! ;(


All these registers are a nice and cheap replacement for Cache-memory (in
some way)...


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