From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!sytek!syteka!msm
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.appl,net.micro.atar
Title: Re: "new" CPU with 128 stacks, 16-bit registers
Article-I.D.: syteka.287
Posted: Wed Feb 23 12:06:04 1983
Received: Fri Feb 25 04:39:36 1983
References: watarts.1703

The fact that more software is available for the 8080/Z80 processors than
for the 6502 is not due to the superiority of one CPU over the other.
Merely, it is most likely due to market forces.  If you are going to write 
a software package for sale, you will want to target it towards the
largest possible market.  Since there are more 8080/Z80's than 6502's in this
world, new software tends to be written for these machines.  This in
turn causes more people to buy this type of CPU, which gives a still
larger installed base, etc.

While I happen to agree that the 6502 is a superior processor than the
8080 (and a Homebrew system I built uses it for that reason), I also own
a Z80 system to make use of the installed base of software.  In fact, if
I ever write software for sale, it will most likely be for the 8080/CPM
market for the reasons stated above.  That does not change my opinion of
the processor.

					Michael S. Maiten
					Silicon Gulch, California
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