Z80 Computer Project

Logicae est imperium

Joshua McKelvey

Dec 5, 20171 min read

System 1 First Bootup

It works! Well, sort of; it outputs the startup message fine, but then it will not continue past that. Whenever I press space, it shows...

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Joshua McKelvey

Nov 28, 20171 min read

Completed System 1 Breadboard

System 1 is now built! That is not to say that it is complete, but the bare minimum amount of parts to have it be functional have been...

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Joshua McKelvey

Nov 19, 20171 min read

System 1 Breadboarding

I have started breadboarding the computer and it's going well so far: I have also had to fix a couple of mistakes in the schematics so I...

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Joshua McKelvey

Nov 12, 20171 min read

System 1 Schematics

I finished creating the schematics for my Z80 computer so here they are: The computer will start off with a non decoded I/O map to make...

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Joshua McKelvey

Oct 7, 20171 min read

System 1 Changes

I have done some more research on all of the components I will be using and I have come up with some mostly final decisions about the...

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Joshua McKelvey

Sep 5, 20171 min read

System 1 Outline

This is the next major project I will be working on. It will be a Z80 based computer running Microsoft BASIC when it is created with the...

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