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Hosted by Brian in Ohio on 2023-11-22 is flagged as Clean and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
z80, retro computing. 1.
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Duration: 00:15:34

Hobby Electronics.

Building electronic devices and kits, repairing electronics and learning about components and their uses.

  • intro
  • lee hart
    • electrical engineer
    • was there at the beginning of the computer revolution
    • life long love of electric vehicles
  • the kit
    • piece of art
    • z80 membership, minimum computer
    • front panel gives self contained system
    • boards, all parts and altoid tin
    • great documentation, schematics, assembly guide and getting started
  • the assembly
    • great instructions
    • easy to solder
    • a few tricks to get the boards to fit in the tin
    • i made a dedicated serial cable by modifying ftdi cable
    • i made a battery pack
  • usage
    • front panel takes a bit of practice to use (locations of keys)
    • found a z80 assembly language tutorial, hand assembly
    • portable z80 machine to learn
  • take away
    • excellent kit
    • if your looking for a gift, many to choose from
    • excellent quality

01 membership card
01 membership card
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02 membership card back
02 membership card back
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03 front panel card
03 front panel card
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04 front card back
04 front card back
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05 assembled
05 assembled
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06 in the can
06 in the can
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07 things added
07 things added
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08 fits inside
08 fits inside
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09 compleat
09 compleat
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10 docs
10 docs
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Comment #1 posted on 2023-11-22 14:05:19 by Trey

What fun!

This looks like it would be a very fun project. Reminds me of an old microcontroller project I built back around 1990 using an 8085 and a bunch of wirewrap. It would fit in a shoe box, but definitely would NOT fit into an Altoids tin.

Thank you for sharing.

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