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title: "What’s So Difficult About ZX-80 Machine Code?"
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url: "http://localhost/article/whats-so-difficult-about-zx-80-machine-code/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/whats-so-difficult-about-zx-80-machine-code.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T21:08:24+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:10:06+00:00"
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excerpt: "Even inexperienced users unfamiliar with the ZX-80's inner workings can program -- in Zilog Z-80"
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publication: "Microcomputing Magazine"
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  title: "Microcomputing Magazine"
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authors: "Loyd Redman"
volume: "6"
issue: "6"
pages: "54-55"
pubdate: "June 1982"
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archiveurl: "https://archive.org/download/kilobaudmagazine-1982-06/Microcomputing_1982_June.pdf"
volumeissue: "v6n6"
---

Even inexperienced users unfamiliar with the ZX-80’s inner workings can program — in Zilog Z-80