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Bindibadgi · 12th Jan 2009, 14:09

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...-homebrew-pc/1

If you hanker for the glory days of the supers, minis, and micros then check out the N8VEM project - a homebrew Z80 based microcomputer for you to build.

jhanlon303 · 12th Jan 2009, 14:56

Thank you for this article. This is my electronics engineering roots. So many memories.
Twas a fun time back then.

john

tranc3 · 12th Jan 2009, 15:14

would love to make one of those, pirates of the silicon valley has made me want to build a time machine so i can experience all the greatness of those "early days of computers"

Evildead666 · 12th Jan 2009, 15:27

If only I could put an Amstrad Bios into it and then I could run all those old games I have....
Would probably need a tape and 3" disk interface tho... ;-)

Ahhh CP/M Gary Kildall, the great programmer....I remember getting CP/M on ROM for the Amstrad, with RODOS also...
You can be all nostalgic with the computer chronicles, that go way back to the early 80's, reviewing hardware and software from a bygone age...
I've spent hours watching these old vids....
http://www.archive.org/details/computerchronicles

hodgy100 · 12th Jan 2009, 16:06

Z80 was also used for the megadrive's sound processor :P

StephenK · 12th Jan 2009, 17:12

One word. Oooooo!

I think i'm gonna try that out. Have such fond memories of my first computers (c64's). This looks like a really rewarding use of time.

Thanks Evil for the awesome link too. I've got my evening entertainment sorted

jhanlon303 · 12th Jan 2009, 17:26

More Z80 links:

sources for C/PM 2.2 and 3.0 and games and stuff interestingis here:
http://www.schorn.ch/cpm/intro.php

A bukkit load of 8bit Z80 computing links here:
http://www.z80.info/homebrew.htm

Fond memories !

john

ufk · 12th Jan 2009, 17:39

hmm z80 goodness, wonder if it'll run all the old spectrum games, I know the old Research Machines monstrosity at school did.

n3mo · 13th Jan 2009, 05:41

Now, this takes me back to the good 'ol times.

[USRF]Obiwan · 13th Jan 2009, 10:42

Hmm 512k ram thats a huge step in ram. how did they do that.

amacieli · 13th Jan 2009, 12:30

lol - i remember half of the class struggling with a Research Machines unit, and the other half playing (pirated) Elite on the BBC micro.

cpemma · 13th Jan 2009, 15:15

Been there, got the T-shirt.

12th Jan 2009, 14:09	#1
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12th Jan 2009, 14:56	#2
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12th Jan 2009, 17:12	#6
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12th Jan 2009, 15:27	#4
Evildead666 Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Paris Posts: 133	If only I could put an Amstrad Bios into it and then I could run all those old games I have.... Would probably need a tape and 3" disk interface tho... ;-) Ahhh CP/M Gary Kildall, the great programmer....I remember getting CP/M on ROM for the Amstrad, with RODOS also... You can be all nostalgic with the computer chronicles, that go way back to the early 80's, reviewing hardware and software from a bygone age... I've spent hours watching these old vids.... http://www.archive.org/details/computerchronicles

12th Jan 2009, 17:26	#7
jhanlon303 6 decades of fun Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Westminster, CO, USA Posts: 7,220	More Z80 links: sources for C/PM 2.2 and 3.0 and games and stuff interestingis here: http://www.schorn.ch/cpm/intro.php A bukkit load of 8bit Z80 computing links here: http://www.z80.info/homebrew.htm Fond memories ! john __________________ Life is it's own answer. Live life for itself. Accept it and enjoy it day by day. Live as well as possible. Expect no more. Destroy nothing, humble nothing, look for fault in nothing. Leave unsullied and untouched all that is beautiful. Hold that which lives in all reverence.

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ufk Licenced Fool Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: nowhere, rural england Posts: 671	hmm z80 goodness, wonder if it'll run all the old spectrum games, I know the old Research Machines monstrosity at school did.

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n3mo Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 184	Now, this takes me back to the good 'ol times.

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amacieli Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 73	lol - i remember half of the class struggling with a Research Machines unit, and the other half playing (pirated) Elite on the BBC micro.

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