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DIY: Z80 homebrew computer
26. June 2007 - 10:47 — admin
Are you interested in old 8-bit computers? Build your own one! Hans Summers 
shows how to do it!
There are many interesting stuffs on Hans' web 
. But if you are Z80 fan, you have to look at the two cute projects: The Great Z80 Computer Project and Z80 computer (the newer one) .
These projects has the old good flavor of the middle of 80's. Look at tech specs:
- Processor: Z80B (4MHz 8-bit)
- Memory: 128 KBytes RAM + 32 KBytes Display RAM
- Graphics mode 1: 256 x 256 pixels, 16 colours (selectable from 256K colours)
- Graphics mode 2: 512 x 256 pizels, 4 colours (selectable from 256K colours)
- Text mode: 64 columns x 32 rows of ROM-generated characters
Do you feel the ZX/MZ821/Sord/etc nostalgia times?