Microcontroller. Instruction set is "reminiscent" of the Z80 but the ROM is mask programmed and cannot be read without major effort. The on-chip VFD driver is not used in this radio.
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Data sheet for the LC75710NE, LC75711NE, and LC75712E VFD controller chips. They differ only in the character set. LC75710NE for USA and Japan, LC75711NE and LC75712E for Europe.
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Disassembled, with comments from what I remember. Pleased that I managed to understand the listing and largely remember what it was doing. The task is fairly simple, you should be able to port it to other micros if you wish. I only chose the AVR chip because I could program it through a printer port and 74LS245 buffer, and it had a hardware UART.