wraggster
August 16th, 2011, 15:40
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[Alexis] sent in a single board computer (http://kaput.retroarchive.org/Z80SBC.html) he’s been working on. The project goal of his build was making it easily reproducible. From looking at the schematics, it’s one of the simplest fully-functional computers we’ve seen. The build runs CP/M 2.2 off of two 3.5 inch floppies. This opens up a lot of options as to what software is already available. Although it operates over a serial terminal, [Alexis] pretty much duplicated an Osborne I (http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html), only at double the speed.
[Alexis] got a little e-fame from his earlier 8088 homebrew computer (http://kaput.retroarchive.org/8088.html) built from very early 8088′s rescued from an electronics junk shop. These 8088 computers made the blog rounds by playing Still Alive with a [video=youtube;gBiIr-bFiKM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLS35kyYlOU"]SID chip[/URL] from a Commodore 64 and a FM synth chip.
For now, I guess we’ll have to settle for a video of [Alexis]‘ Z80 computer running CP/M. Check out a video after the break of his computer running the greatest Infocom adventure, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
[URL]http://hackaday.com/2011/08/16/easy-to-build-z80-single-board-computer/#more-52658 ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBiIr-bFiKM[/video)
[Alexis] sent in a single board computer (http://kaput.retroarchive.org/Z80SBC.html) he’s been working on. The project goal of his build was making it easily reproducible. From looking at the schematics, it’s one of the simplest fully-functional computers we’ve seen. The build runs CP/M 2.2 off of two 3.5 inch floppies. This opens up a lot of options as to what software is already available. Although it operates over a serial terminal, [Alexis] pretty much duplicated an Osborne I (http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html), only at double the speed.
[Alexis] got a little e-fame from his earlier 8088 homebrew computer (http://kaput.retroarchive.org/8088.html) built from very early 8088′s rescued from an electronics junk shop. These 8088 computers made the blog rounds by playing Still Alive with a [video=youtube;gBiIr-bFiKM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLS35kyYlOU"]SID chip[/URL] from a Commodore 64 and a FM synth chip.
For now, I guess we’ll have to settle for a video of [Alexis]‘ Z80 computer running CP/M. Check out a video after the break of his computer running the greatest Infocom adventure, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
[URL]http://hackaday.com/2011/08/16/easy-to-build-z80-single-board-computer/#more-52658 ("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBiIr-bFiKM[/video)