Re: Z-80 card

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

It was 12 Mar 1997 05:19:14 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And Nathan 
Mates <nathan@visi.com> said:

>In article <40735.199607103@snac.mv.com>,
>Al Boisvert <aboisvert@snac.mv.com> wrote:

>>Can someone tell me what an Z-80 card is for.  Sounds like to provide 80
>>columnns for a IIe.  Is that correct?       .... Thanks, Al

>   A 'Z80' is a type of microprocessor, which had its major use in the
>Apple II realm in running CP/M programs. Other than that, it is not
>really needed much at all. Both CP/M and Z80s are fairly outdated and
>rare among Apple II users; except for the novelty factor, there's no
>real "killer apps" driving people to really want to use Z80s nowadays.

Feh!  What about WordStar?

(Only reason I don't use it more is 'cos of the hassle of the disk format.)
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