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   Etienne von Wettingfeld to Martijn van Buul   
   Re: Commodore history - The Commodore 12   
   22 Oct 18 05:10:24   
   
   On 2018-10-19, Martijn van Buul  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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