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z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:07 pm
by LS120
ok, so what i want to ask is i'm not a EE guru. i have a little knowledge but not enough to design and make a pc from scratch. what i want is to play around with some z80 bases systems i have and try some ideas in interfacing things to them.. but i have no idea where to start. i have been looking over the net for the last week and it is so confusing to know whats whats. and a lot is for either a make of system or the s100 systems.. and a lot don't have schematics so i can try to understand. so can anyone recommend a site of tutorial on such things???

thanks

Re: z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 11:10 pm
by ZL2AOX
I would suggest starting with Grant Searle's simple Z80 design, then perhaps upgrading to his homebrew CP/M and Sinclair ZX80/81 systems.

Alternatively, aussie Colin Mitchell, who produced the Talking Electronics series of publications, put out a Z80 learner system called the TEC-1.

Re: z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 3:41 pm
by LS120
i found this realy good as a starting point... Building an 8-bit Breadboard computer by Ben Eater.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyznrdD ... 5dvjafglHU

Re: z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:28 pm
by ZL2AOX
You want to build a Z80 from scratch? :?

Re: z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:18 pm
by LS120
no i want to make some add on's for some old systems i have but trying to understand how it all gell's together..

Re: z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:59 am
by Audronic
Hi LS120

Perhaps a System-80 or a TRS-80 Model 1/3/4 as there is a lot of support books for these.

Good Luck

Ray

Re: z80 and hardware

PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:40 am
by ZL2AOX
Here's a nice Z80 kit I found on Tindie