"James Spinti" <jspinti at dart.dartdist.com> wrote:
> 
> The Zilog Z80 was a souped up version of the Intel 8080 with a few extra
> instructions.  It was an 8-bit processor.  My father-in-law added one to
> his Apple II so that he could run CP/M programs on it.

The Z80 also lives on in several Texas Instruments graphing calculators
(most of the TI-80 series).  The TI-89 and -92 have Motorola 68000s.

They should really look into upgrading to better chips, like ARM or even a
low-power version of a 386...

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