Category Archives: DrACo/Z80

Single-board at last

Posted on 2008-11-11 by M. Eric Carr

To paraphrase Emperor Palpatine… “And now, witness the power of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL … Z80 computer!” OK, so running at the current 40kHz system clock, it’s got more milliamps than megaflops — but at least it’s running properly … Continue reading →

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Z80 computer LED display

Posted on 2008-10-03 by M. Eric Carr

The Z80 computer now has its name in lights! (See video; I apologize in advance for the horrible low resolution and mp4 artifacts.) Dr. Rosen and I got approval to buy an Alpha 215R single-line LED display as a demo … Continue reading →

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It works! (again)

Posted on 2008-09-05 by M. Eric Carr

Bill (Dr. Rosen’s independent-study student) stopped by the lab today to work on his Z80 computer. After tracking down a few bugs, we got it working! I loaded the Fibonacci test program into it, and saw it execute the JMP … Continue reading →

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First peripheral

Posted on 2008-08-31 by M. Eric Carr

The first peripheral for the Z80 is working (although still somewhat alpha at this point): a two-line LCD text display. It’s mapped as I/O ports 0x00 and 0x01, with control commands being sent to 0x00 and data to 0x01. It’s … Continue reading →

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