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Captain Zilog Crushed! Supplemental

Captain Zilog Crushed! Supplemental

Looking at the Zilog Z8000 In Detail

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This is a supplemental, paid-subscriber only, post following up on “Captain Zilog Crushed! The Story of the Z8000”, with commentary, background and lots more technical detail on Zilog’s 16-bit microprocessor.

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Could Zilog Have Succeeded?

Researching the story of the Z8000 I had one question running through my head a lot of the time: had IBM not chosen Intel’s 8088, could the Z8000 have succeeded?

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