DIY Z80 computing
I'd long wanted to put together a Z80 computer of my own design and finally got around to it last year.



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...
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Sun 20 Nov 2011, 19:20, 11 replies)

I'm actually quite impressed
I'm just not sure why.
(Nitrous Nitrous, Sun 20 Nov 2011, 19:39, closed)

Thanks anyhow.
If it's any consolation I'm not really sure why I did it either... :-)
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 2:21, closed)

I liked this.
I popped a post up on pouet for you.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 20 Nov 2011, 21:43, closed)

Thanks!
Not been to pouet in a while... Probably lots to catch up with! :-)
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 2:20, closed)

But you did it anyway. Good stuff. :)

( P-MONKE We're all fucked, Sun 20 Nov 2011, 22:46, closed)

Cheers!

( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 2:19, closed)

I paid $1800 for a Z80 computer
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.
(the other guy not the one that gave you coochie warts, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 0:54, closed)

Ouch
on both points! (Well, probably more than two points).
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 2:18, closed)

The winner.
Very impressed.
( moonbadger Doesn't judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 12:57, closed)

BTW, you sound like Fred Harris describing the Beeb.
( moonbadger Doesn't judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 13:08, closed)

Haha, thanks!
(It's all an act, in reality I have a thick Yorkshire accent).
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 20:22, closed)