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Article #623872Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:18
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:18
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Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: > On Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 9:59:53 PM UTC-6, barr...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Maybe we all have a different point of view regarding the definition >> of "powerful". > > That could be. > > But the Z-80 had extended instructions that other 8-bit microprocessors did not: > block copy, byte search, 16-bit arithmetic instructions. > > While the Z-80 had a lot of fancy features, though, the 6809, which came along > later, would have been significantly more powerful yet - as it had a hardware > *multiply* instruction, even if it wasn't crammed with as many bells and > whistles as the Z-80, most programs would run considerably faster on the 6809 as > a result of that. After a lot of research the 6809 was my pick. It's too bad it didn't catch on, and of course in a few years the whole 8-bit thing was moot. -- Pete
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