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