Category Archives: EET325

TIL311 replacement

Posted on 2011-09-26 by M. Eric Carr

A modern replacement of the venerable-but-expensive TIL311 hex display. Continue reading →

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True 8-bit computing!

Posted on 2010-04-02 by M. Eric Carr

The DrACo/Z80 has been redesigned as a true 8-bit computer… Continue reading →

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Prime Time

Posted on 2008-12-14 by M. Eric Carr

…and now, for something completely different. (By different, I mean almost useful!) The Z80 computer is now busy computing prime numbers! I wrote a straightforward BASIC program, which I then compiled using Oshonsoft‘s Z80 simulator suite of utilities. The resulting … Continue reading →

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…and then there were two. Correction, four.

Posted on 2008-12-08 by M. Eric Carr

The EET325 class is wrapping up this week, but not before I got Bill’s prototype Z80 core working with the original protoboard control panel. Not only that, but two of the students (Mike and Austin) have finished, working Z80s. So … Continue reading →

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