Publications on the Z8000 / Z80,000 / Z16C00 Family (CPU and peripherals)

Note: The people mentioned in italics style have the original version of the document.

Publications by Zilog

CPU

• Z8000 CPU Technical Manual

  • Book: January 1983 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

  • PDF scan: January 1980 Warthman Associates (Note that this is an incomplete scan. However the imporant contents are present, i.e. instruction set, interrupt handling, )

• Z16C00 CPU Product Specification

• Z80,000 CPU Preliminary Technical Manual

  • Book: September 1984 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

Programming Guides

• Non-Segmented Z8001 CPU programming, (copyright notice), (Christian Groessler)

  • Application Note: September 1981 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Z8000 CPU Programmers Guide , (copyright notice), (Christian Groessler)

  • Application Note: July 1981 (Note: this publication became part of the 1983 edition of the Z8000 CPU Technical manual, Jurjen Kranenborg)

Peripherals

• Z8010 Z-MMU Memory Management Unit

  • Product Specification; March 1981 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Z8030/Z8530 SCC Serial Communications Controller

  • Technical Manual; January 1983 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Z8036/Z8536 CIO Counter/Timer and Parallel I/O Unit

  • Technical Manual; March 1982 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Z8581 Clock generator and Controller

  • Product Specification; September 1983 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

Application Notes

• Z8530 and Z8030 SCC Initialization: A Worksheet and an Example

  • Application Note; September 1982 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Initializing the CIO

  • Application Note; October 1982 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Using SCC With Z8000 In SDLC Protocol

  • Application Note; October 1982 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

Publications by SGS-ATES

CPU

• Z8001 and Z8002 CPU programming manual (1st edition 10/80, Christian Groessler)

• Programming Z8001,2 CPU (2nd edition 6/82) (seems to be 2nd ed. of the previous one, but smaller, Christian Groessler)

• Z8001,2 CPU Technical manual (1st ed., 4/82, Christian Groessler)

Peripherals

• Databook Z8000 microprocessor family (2nd ed., 5/84) (contains datasheets for the Z8001/2/3/4, Z8010, Z8015, Z8030, Z8031, Z8036, Z8038, Z8060, Christian Groessler)

Other Publications

• Leventhal, Osborne, Collins; Z8000 Assembly Language Programming, Osborne & McGraw-Hill, 1980, ISBN 0-931988-36-5 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Fawcett; The Z8000 Microprocessor, A Design Handbook, Prentice Hall, 1982, ISBN 0-13-983734-5 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Stuhlmueller; 16 Bit Generation Z8000, Aufbau und Anwendung, Te-Wi Verlag, 1980, ISBN 3-921803-07-1 (Jurjen Kranenborg)

• Klein: Basic Interpreter, Franzis Verlag, 1982 (2nd ed.), ISBN 3-7723-6942-1 (Note: This book describes the definition and implementation of a Tiny Basic interpreter targeted for the Z80/8080, but it also contains a direct translation to a Z8002 version. Furthermore, the Z8002 Tiny Basic contains a simple monitor program, Jurjen Kranenborg)

Links to selected Z8000-related Internet sites, newsgroup discussions etc.

• Discussions on CP/M 8000

• Discussions on the Olivetti M20

• etc. etc.

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