135 adverts that feature the Zilog Z80
Designed by Frederico Faggin and Masatoshi Shima, Zilog's Z80 was a software-compatible but cheaper version of Intel's 8080 processor.
Launched in 1976, it helped kick-start the home computer revolution - along with MOS Technology's 6502 - with both chips dominating the market for the rest of the 1970s and into the 1980s.
It found its way into Radio Shack's TRS-80, Sega's Master System, various Amstrad micros including the PCW 8256, and many of Sinclair's top-selling machines, including the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum.
It also formed a symbiotic relationship with the early operating system CP/M, with both appearing on hundreds of CP/M business computers, many of which seemed to be on the market for only a few months at a time.
Cromemco
Cromemco
Tandy / Radio Shack
North Star
Digital Group
Nascom / Lucas
Altos
Tandy / Radio Shack
Exidy
Research Machines
Nascom / Lucas
Tandy / Radio Shack
Cromemco
Vector Graphic
Zilog
Nascom / Lucas
Micromation
Dynabyte
Tandy / Radio Shack
Altos
Dataindustrier / Luxor
Research Machines
Transam
Sinclair
Sharp
Vector Graphic
Sinclair
Ai Electronics
Sinclair
Sinclair
EACA / Genie
Kontron
Sinclair
Microsoft
Cyber Electronics
Shelton
Shelton
Nascom / Lucas
Transam
Sharp
DAI
Sinclair
LSI
OKI
Osborne
Exidy
Vector Graphic
Tandy / Radio Shack
Transam
DAI
Sinclair
North Star
Newbury / Grundy
ITT
Jupiter Cantab
Sinclair
Morrow Designs
Intertec
Sinclair
Gemini Micro
Sord / CGL
British Micro
Camputers
EACA / Genie
Transtec
Nascom / Lucas
Osborne
Cifer
Sinclair
Iotec
Hotel Microsystems
Shelton
Research Machines
Jupiter Cantab
Epson
Quantum
Tandy / Radio Shack
Cifer
Haywood
Sord / CGL
HH
Gemini Micro
Rank Xerox
Spectravideo
ITCS
Tandy / Radio Shack
Mattel
Intertec
Semi-Tech / Pied Piper
Telcon / Zorba
Multitech
Coleco
Sinclair
Sord / CGL
Shelton
Kaypro
Memotech
Camputers
Sinclair
Cromemco
Triumph-Adler
Memotech
Spectravideo
Jarogate
Memotech
Aculab
Bondwell
Tatung
Memotech
Kaypro
Toshiba
Amstrad
Mitsubishi
Goldstar
Wren Computers
Philips
Sinclair
Tandy / Radio Shack
Yamaha
Enterprise / Elan
Amstrad
Amstrad
Amstrad
Amstrad
Sinclair
Memotech
Kaypro
Amstrad
Amstrad
Cambridge Computer
Sinclair
Cambridge Computer
Sinclair
Cambridge Computer
Cambridge Computer