I SYSTEMS DESIGNER .-.-..-TACEY WORKS LATE INTO THE ~wvnI . UNKNOWN TO HIM, A SMALL EERIE COMET PASSES OVERHEAD.. .

STRANGE GLOW

a NICK STACEY RETURN IT IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW TO THE REAL WORLD,

FREEDOM FOR MAN'S IMAGINA- A EAGER TO USE HIS r ' TION! IT IS A MICROPROCESSOR! , I NEW POWERS FOR

IBESTOW UPON YOU ALL OF THE THE GOOD OF MAN! r KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES WITH lT, ' NICK STACEY RETURNS

BUT USE IT WISELY! NOW, GO!! L AS CRPTRIN

I

I HATE TO LEAVE ANNE ALONE, BUT THIS SITUATION I MOMENTS LATER, I

ROOM OF A SWANK HOOD RESTAURANT,..

THE..FIRE- 1I WOm...HAVE

IT'S TRUE THERE ARE CERTAIN JOBS THAT LARGE COM-

PUTERS W BEST, BUT THIS UPTLE SIU.

CON CHIP I'M HOLD.

'IT'S THE STATE OF THE ART OF NndlROPROrrS: SORS, AND I'M

WILLING TO BET IT'LL WE Y W A RUN FOR YOUR

THANKS TO THE ZILOG ADVANTAGE OF SHORT DESIGN TIME, CAPTAIN ZILOG BUILDS A SYSTEM AROUND THE 28000 AT LIGHTNING SPEED!

ITS A FACT OF UFE, DOC!

TUREOFMYZ8000

I MAKES ME FMTER ON 1THE DRAW, A!3 THE PRO& LEMS GET TOUGHER!! A

DIABOUCUS GATHERS NO, BOTTLE-HIS HENCHMEN IN THE NECK! I'LLWAR ROOM OF HIS

ARE MORE &EVER THAN HAM TOSATELUTE... I RtOWM! ESPEGIAUY DEAL WITH

CAPTAIN

rnLENECK HTS SYSTEM WHERE 1 lT'UREALLY

"IT'S NOT MAGIC, READERS! WITH DUAL ENVIRONMENTS, 418 OP COLX3, AND TTS UNPARALLELED DEGREE OF REGULAR ARCHITECNRE, THE 28000 ISTHE MOST ISOPHISTICATED MICROPROCESSOR A\1An A m c! I

I

EASY, BORON BREATH! VVrrH AN ADDRESS SPACE OF UGHT MEGA-BYTES, THE B4W 9181MO MICRO PROCESSQR IN MY COMPUTER BELT WAS ABLE TO SPOT Y W AMONG fHOSE MICUONS OF FAKES BEFOE YOU mum SAY^ "CUPEWNO, CALIFORNIA"!

t ICOG! I'VE JUST MENTALLY lNSTRUCTEO MY ALLIES- WASTE, INEFFIGIENCY, AND OUTMODED THINKING-TO SABOTAGE THE

NERVE CENERS OF YOUR PU

.,.-; WILL A9;rOMSHINGII

GO AWAY " A N D N N E R

ir - 8

- - BOTHER YOUR PEOPLE AWN!

DIF HE ' BELIEVE THAT. ..

THE 28000 HAS A REGULAR ARCHlTEC- TURE! THAT BIG COMPUTER DESIGN FEATURE AVOIDS THE BOll'LENECKS

' INHERENT IN TRADI- TIONAL MICROPROC- ESSOR DESIGNS!

I WlrH 418 OP CODES,THE 28000 PER-MITS COMPACT PROGRAMS! THROUGH- PUT RIVALS THAT OF LARGE COM- PUTERS!

TWO OPERATING MODES (SYS AND ONE OF THE 28000 PE-TEM AND NORMAL) PROTECl RIPHERALS IS A MEMORY MAN- SYSTEM INTEGRITY AND MAKE AGEMENT UNlT THAT GIVES YOU lT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE POWERFUL MEMORY MANAGE- USER TO "CRASH" THE OPERAT- MENT AND PROTECTION ING SYSTEM! CAPABILITIES!

- ~ ~ H . I S OURS w R THE TAMNG! I HAVE A 1RAN THAT W L L BUT WURIIANIW UNDER IiQ I,THUMB FOR ALL

sions, the 28001 with 8 MBytesof 139.30*and the 28002 with 64

SMALL BUT POWERFUL 'heZilog PWS 8000Model 10 I

The features of Models 10 and 15 but w~th 10 megabytes of Hard DISC Drlve replac- Inqthe Flopp~es $20,00Qand $21,500*

WOW! LOOK AT THIS TheZilogZ 8 W Demlqpmerrt Module

AZ8000-Based computer board wlth 2K to 8K words of EPROM 16K to 32K words of Dynam~c Ram Dual Ser~al Inter-face. 32 Programmable I/O Llnes Four 8-ba Programmable Counter T~mers. Lots of wlre wrap area $1500*

FOR MtlRE INmRMATIONCALL

IMUST SHRINK US DOWN TO MICROSCOPIC SEE, AND TELEPORT US TO CAPTAIN ZILOG'S A

COMPUTER!

WHY, THEY'RE \ ...10

QUEUED UP FQR A 2-BUS, QF

E THOSE COURSE! 1 EOPLE?

CKASHtK MAKtY HI> WAY ALONG OW f HE ZSOO(YS THREE

ERRUPT INPUTS...I r

RE,

THIS 'LL vISABLE YOUF

PRECIOUS RE YOU READ!

INTERRUPT INPUT CONTACT, HE CAUSESTHE INTERRUPT STRUCTURE TO SWITCH TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM!

rdU'R EXT,

I GNE UP, BOllLENECK! BE- ' CAUSE OF THE L 8 W S MUL-n P E ADDRESSING MODES, GENERAL PURPOSE REGBTEm, RICH INSTRUCTIBN SET, ABUNDANT RESOURCES, AND

REGULArn...YW DON'T

WlTH ANNE AS HOSTAGE, DR. DIABOLICUS AND BOllLE- I NECK TRY DOOR AFTER THlWS BECAUSE DOOR, ONLY TO FIND ... THE 28000 HAS

HUH?NONE \ OFTHESE DBORS HAVE ANY WAY

OF Bnw

WAS A B E TO TELL THESE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH! G W S 7'0CANEL YOUR 1 HAVE OTHER PLANETS

YOU KNOW, NICK, I'FEEL UKE I'VE HAD THE mRaNGEST \ ANUE... ] MZW THAT YOU WERE C A aloe!h~ EN'T'TW HARD

L THE WORLD...FOR THE A GOOD OF US

ALL! ,

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