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Re: TI-H: TI Spam: Attend TI's NetSeminar, Win a Palm Pilot! (111)




>>Actually zilog stopped making the z80 a long time ago, if I
>>remember correctly. I believe Mel said that the z80 in the TI
>>calculators is a clone made by Toshiba or some other
>>semiconductor manufacturer.
>
>It's a Toshiba TA(3 numbers?), does anyone know anything about this chip?
> I mean, is it just a Z80 clone or is there other stuff on the chip?  I
>can't find anything about it on the net.

It's likely an ASIC with a z80 core made just for TI.  You won't find
information about it unless you've got access to internal TI documents
(i.e. you won't ever get info :).

-Mel


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