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to: Martijn van Buul
from: Etienne von Wettingfeld
date: 2018-10-22 05:10:24
subject: Re: Commodore history - The Commodore 128 by The 8-Bit Guy

On 2018-10-19, Martijn van Buul  wrote:
> * Andreas Kohlbach:
>> On 17 Oct 2018 21:05:34 GMT, Etienne von Wettingfeld wrote:
>
>>> The C128 indeed has a Z80, for CP/M mode. In fact, the
computer boots using
>>> the Z80.
>>
>> Are you sure?
>
> I'm quite sure Etienne is - and so am I ;)

IIRC it has to do with the ability to auto-boot CP/M.

It checks if there's a CP/M disk, if yes it boots it, if no it switches
to the 8502.

--
Etienne Wettingfeld

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