CPU Shack: The Story of the Soviet Z80 Processor

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:25 pm    Post subject: CPU Shack: The Story of the Soviet Z80 Processor Reply with quote

Vlad an I worked on this one, fun to do guest posts/collaborations
http://www.cpushack.com/2021/01/26/the-story-of-the-soviet-z80-processor/

If anyone has any other details to help fill things in, thats great too

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The big quiestion of Otrokhov's version is: if they circumvented all Shima's traps and made exact clone then why their T34VM1/1858VM1 have (afaik) exactly the same differences with original z80 as MME U880 (which was made by entirely different team much earlier).
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice and interesting story Smile Z80 is LegendaRy CPU ))
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting article
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

frag_ wrote:
The big quiestion of Otrokhov's version is: if they circumvented all Shima's traps and made exact clone then why their T34VM1/1858VM1 have (afaik) exactly the same differences with original z80 as MME U880 (which was made by entirely different team much earlier).


It apparently has some differences from the U880 as well, in how MEMPTR works

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CPUShack wrote:
frag_ wrote:
The big quiestion of Otrokhov's version is: if they circumvented all Shima's traps and made exact clone then why their T34VM1/1858VM1 have (afaik) exactly the same differences with original z80 as MME U880 (which was made by entirely different team much earlier).


It apparently has some differences from the U880 as well, in how MEMPTR works



https://gist.github.com/drhelius/8497817
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe the UCA can test those differences?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool article Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

max1024 wrote:
Nice and interesting story Smile Z80 is LegendaRy CPU ))


The Z80 is the most sucessful CPU ever made IMHO Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Twinrocket wrote:
max1024 wrote:
Nice and interesting story Smile Z80 is LegendaRy CPU ))


The Z80 is the most sucessful CPU ever made IMHO Very Happy


It and the 6502 probably

Both still widely used, and 6502 still widely made

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I became the owner of the Soviet Z80 clone with the most unusual and ambiguous markings. KM1582BM2-100.
It’s the only chip marked 1582. All other chips in this series are ULA. This is probably the reason for this version.
It is described on the website www.155la3.ru.
"Micron" from Zelenograd received an order to manufacture a set of chips for the Sinclair computer. The original Sinclair features two large chips, the Z80 and ULA. The Z80 was also manufactured as ULA. ULA - 1582BM1-хххх, Z80 - 1582BM2-0100. "0100" is a firmware number.
To prove or disprove this version, I wrote an email to Michael from Zeptobars and offered him one of the chips.
Also I hope John doesn’t refuse to help.
To be continued...
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