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Articles

Title Date Author
Down to the silicon: How the Z80's Registers Are Implemented 2014-10 Shirriff, Ken
Interrupt Behaviour of the Z80 CPU Flammenkamp, Achim
Reverse-Engineering the Z-80: The Silicon for Two Interesting Gates Explained 2013-09 Shirriff, Ken
The Z-80 Has a 4-Bit ALU. Here's How It Works 2013-09 Shirriff, Ken
The Z-80's 16-Bit Increment/Decrement Circuit Reverse Engineered 2013-11 Shirriff, Ken
Why the Z-80's Data Pins Are Scrambled 2014-09 Shirriff, Ken
Z80 Special Reset (old article, the latest version is here) 2014-12 Brewer, Tony

Documents

Title Edition Date Author(s) Download
1981 Data Book 1981 Zilog pdf
1981 Z80 Microcomputer Data Book 1981-03 Mostek pdf
1982/83 Data Book 1982 Zilog pdf[1], pdf[2]
1982/83 Z80 Designers Guide 1982-06 Mostek pdf
1983/84 Data Book 1983 Zilog pdf
1985 Data Book 1985 Zilog pdf
1986 Semiconductor Data Book (MOS Edition) 1986-03 Sharp pdf
1990 8-Bit Microprocessor: TLCS-Z80, 85 1990-06 Toshiba pdf
1990-91 Microcomputers Data Book 1990-10 Sharp pdf
Decoding Z80 Opcodes 2004-08 Dinu, Cristian htm
Decoding Z80 Opcodes rev. 1 2004-09 Dinu, Cristian htm
Decoding Z80 Opcodes rev. 2 2005-01 Dinu, Cristian htm
Decoding Z80 Opcodes rev. 2 (revised) 2006-08 Dinu, Cristian htm
Decoding Z80 Opcodes rev. 2 (revised) 2018-03 Dinu, Cristian htm
Full Z80 Opcode List Including Undocumented Opcodes v0.10 1997-09-09 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Full Z80 Opcode List Including Undocumented Opcodes v0.11 1998-04-15 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Full Z80 Opcode List Including Undocumented Opcodes v0.11 (revised) 2008-0x Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
MEMPTR, Esoteric Register of the Zilog Z80 CPU (en) 2006-03-29 boo_boo; Kladov, Vladimir txt
MEMPTR, Эзотерический Регистр Zilog Z80 (ru) 2006-03-29 boo_boo; Kladov, Vladimir txt
Microprocessors - Volume 1: 8bit MPUs & MCUs 1987-01 Toshiba pdf
Microprocessor Applications Reference Book: Volume 1 1981-07 Zilog pdf
Microprocessor Applications Reference Book: Volume 2 1983-08 Zilog pdf
MK3880 Central Processig Unit 1979 Mostek pdf
Product Evaluation of the Zilog Z80-CTC 1979-06-12 ICE pdf
Superintegration Shortform Catalog 1992 1992 Zilog pdf
Undocumented Z80 Documented, The v0.4 2001-09 Young, Sean pdf, tex
Undocumented Z80 Documented, The v0.6 2003-11-20 Young, Sean pdf, tex
Undocumented Z80 Documented, The v0.9 2005-06-14 Young, Sean pdf, tex
Undocumented Z80 Documented, The v0.91 2005-09-18 Young, Sean pdf
Undocumented Z80 Flags rev. 1.0 2018-08-21 Banks, David pdf
Volume I Databook: Microprocessors and Peripherals 1992 Zilog pdf
Z-80 CTC Counter/Timer Circuit: Product Specification 1980-02 Zilog pdf
Z-80 DMA Direct Memory Access Controller: Product Specification 1980-02 Zilog pdf
Z-80 SIO Serial Input/Output Controller: Product Specification 1980-02 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU Central Processing Unit Technical Manual 1987-08 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU Microprocessor Instant Reference Card 1981 Micro Logic pdf
Z80 CPU Peripherals User Manual 2001-08 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual 2001 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual 2002-12-10 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual rev. 04 2005-0x Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual rev. 05 2005-03 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual rev. 06 2014-07 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual rev. 08 2016-01 Zilog pdf
Z80 CPU User Manual rev. 11 2016-09 Zilog pdf
Z80 Family Data Book 1989-01 Zilog pdf
Z80 Family Product Specifications Handbook 1984-02 Zilog pdf
Z80 Family Program Interrupt Structure, The 1978-05 Zilog pdf, pdf[rewritten]
Z80 Family User's Manual 1994 Zilog pdf
Z80 Interupt Mode 2 2008-0x Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Interupt Mode 2 2010 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Microcomputer System Micro-Reference Manual 1978-02 Mostek pdf
Z80 Microprocessor Family 1st edition 1990-01 SGS-Thomson pdf[1], pdf[2]
Z80 Microprocessor Undocumented Instructions v0.12 1997-10-15 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Microprocessor Undocumented Instructions v0.13 1997-12-18 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Microprocessor Undocumented Instructions v0.15 2012-0x Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Opcode Map v0.10 1997-09-09 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Opcode Map v0.10 (revised) 2005 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Opcode Map v0.10 (revised) 2008-0x Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Opcode Map v0.10 (revised) 2011-0x Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Opcode Map v0.10 (revised) 2014 Harston, Jonathan Graham txt
Z80 Programming Manual v2.0 1978-10 Mostek pdf
Z80 Undocumented Features (In Software Behaviour) v0.3 1998-10 Young, Sean txt
Z80-Assembly Language Programming Manual 1978-01 Zilog pdf
Z80-Assembly Language Programming Manual 1980-04 Zilog pdf
Z80-CPU Technical Manual 1976 Zilog pdf, pdf[B&W]
Z80-CPU Z80A-CPU Product Specification 1978-03 Zilog pdf
Z80-CPU Z80A-CPU Technical Manual 1977 Zilog pdf
Zilog Data Book 197x Zilog pdf
Zilog Z80 CPU Specifications 1997-09-21 Young, Sean doc
Zilog Z80 Instructions Sorted by Opcode v0.2 1998-09 Young, Sean txt

Patents

No. Topics Filed Granted Owner Download
US4332008 Memory refresh and architecture. 1979-11-09 1982-05-25 Zilog pdf
US4486827 Special reset. 1982-01-18 1984-12-04 Zilog pdf
US6502181B1 Zilog eZ80 CPU. 1999-09-17 2002-12-31 Zilog pdf

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