Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 7/7/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.lsi Subject: Re: z80,000 (32bit micro on a chip) Message-ID: <836@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jul-83 04:39:57 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.836 Posted: Sun Jul 17 04:39:57 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 17-Jul-83 16:54:50 EDT References: <405@nmtvax.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 9 I suspect Zilog supports 16-bit pointers, two kinds of segmented pointers, and long non-segmented pointers for backward compatibility with the Z8000. The Z8000 supports 16-bit pointers in all versions and segmented pointers (24-bit) in the segmented versions - these are real long pointers and don't require the program to play strange games with segment registers, unlike some other micros. Guy Harris {seismo,mcnc,we13,brl-bmd,allegra}!rlgvax!guy