Subj : Re: Commodore history - The Commodore 128 by The 8-Bit Guy
To   : Etienne von Wettingfeld
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Mon Oct 22 2018 04:17 pm

On 22 Oct 2018 05:10:24 GMT, Etienne von Wettingfeld wrote:
>
> On 2018-10-19, Martijn van Buul <pino@dohd.org> 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.

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