Re: A89: Addx


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Re: A89: Addx




Although Jimmy Mardell made a nice z80 tutorial.
	- Matt

Jeff Tyrrill wrote:
> 
> That's the way I got the books too; apparently the order form didn't work
> for anybody but they would send them to you free if you emailed them.
> However, this was about two years ago and now the non-functional order form
> is gone. I heard somebody say later that Zilog had the PDF files for
> download (or maybe they would ship you a CD with the PDF files), but I can't
> find them and I think you just have to buy the books now. It's not worth it
> for $40; the only useful things in the manuals for calculator programming is
> the instruction set summary (in the hardware book) and the detailed
> instruction descriptions (in the user's manual), and you can probably find
> detailed enough references for free online somewhere. I recommend you do try
> to find another reference though, because there's not quite enough
> information in the tutorials people have written to make complex programs
> because they only cover the simple instructions and don't have all the
> details on how they affect the flags, and other useful information.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of S43R80@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 7:06 PM
> To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: A89: Addx
> 
> In a message dated 99-07-21 21:57:46 EDT, you write:
> 
> > > This is sort of off topic, but do you know where I could get a free z80
> >   > manual?
> >
> >  Not really. Zilog doesn't have a document service like Motorola does,
> >  they only have pointers to some e-bookstore where you can buy the
> >  Ref. Man. for some $40, which is quite steep, IMHO.
> >  They don't have the manuals on-line either.
> >
> >  I think your best bet would be to search on the Net (tedious but often
> >  useful) and hope that you find a PDF file.
> >
> >  Regards,
> >
> >  Zoltan
> >
> i got 2 free books from zilog...on the z80...one on the instruction
> set...and
> the other on the hardware...i suggest you ask on the asm85 list where i
> heard
> of the order form...because i forgot where i got it...if i remember
> correctly
> they had a order form which wasn't working so i emailed the guy asking for
> the books and 3 weeks later i got them...
> 
> -Steven


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