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Subject: Re: [TUHS] Unix on Zilog Z8000?
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2020, Jon Forrest wrote:

> There's been a lot of discussion about early Unix on Intel, National
> Semi, Motorola, and Sparc processors. I don't recall if Unix ran on
> the Z8000, and if not, why not.
>
> As I remember the Z8000 was going to be the great white hope that
> would continue Zilog's success with the Z80 into modern times.
> But, it obviously didn't happen.
>
> Why?
>
> Jon
>

Didn't Coherent run on the Z8K?  Though that's not really Unix.

-uso.