Subj : Re: Commodore history - The Commodore 128 by The 8-Bit Guy
To   : Martijn van Buul
From : Etienne von Wettingfeld
Date : Mon Oct 22 2018 05:10 am

On 2018-10-19, Martijn van Buul <[email protected]> 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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Etienne Wettingfeld
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