Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!munnari!mimir!dcm From: dcm@mimir.dmt.oz (Dennis Mills) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Z80 -> 8080 converter Message-ID: <793@mimir.dmt.oz> Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 15:52:47 EST Article-I.D.: mimir.793 Posted: Wed Jan 14 15:52:47 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 00:57:44 EST References: <249@rocksanne.UUCP> <175@herman.UUCP> Organization: CSIRO Manufacturing Technology, Melbourne Lines: 16 Keywords: Z80 8080 converter Summary: not quite.. In article <175@herman.UUCP>, det@herman.UUCP (Derek Terveer) writes: > I believe that z80 has a mere two instructions that 8080 doesn't have. > Therefore, most likely, your z80 program will run unchanged with the 8080 > assembler (I hope i'm right in this). Sorry...you're not! The Z80 has quite a considerable number of instructions in addition to the 8080 ones, a large number of which are the consequence of architectural differences such as index registers etc etc which the Z80 has and the 8080 does not. Dennis -- Dennis Mills, PHONE: +61 (03)487-9258 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology, ACSNET: dcm@mimir.dmt.oz Cnr Albert and Raglan Streets, Preston Victoria, Australia, 3072.