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We here at B3ta love it when a plan comes together. Tell us about incredible projects and stuff you've built by your own hand. Go on, gloat away.
Thanks to A Vagabond for the suggestion
( , Thu 17 Nov 2011, 13:12)
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I'd long wanted to put together a Z80 computer of my own design and finally got around to it last year.
![Z80 computer displaying b3ta](http://benryves.com/bin/z180/2011.11.20.01.b3ta.jpg)
![Z80 computer's guts](http://benryves.com/bin/z180/2011.11.20.02.b3ta.jpg)
![Z80 computer running Zork](http://benryves.com/bin/z180/2011.11.20.03.b3ta.jpg)
It has a 10MHz Z80 with 64KB RAM, a 320x240 pixel display (monochromatic; can be displayed on a built-in LCD, on a TV or a VGA monitor), uses a PS/2 keyboard and has a serial port for data transfer and a parallel port for printing. An SD card is used for storage. It runs CP/M 3 (you can just about make out Zork in the last photo).
The thing is, having spent a fair amount of time designing and constructing the device I haven't actually done anything with it beyond recording a dull video for YouTube...
( , Sun 20 Nov 2011, 19:20, 11 replies)
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If it's any consolation I'm not really sure why I did it either... :-)
( , Mon 21 Nov 2011, 2:21, closed)
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Not been to pouet in a while... Probably lots to catch up with! :-)
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I ended up giving it to the kids and they would pull out the memory IC's and leave them pointy side up in the carpet.
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(It's all an act, in reality I have a thick Yorkshire accent).
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