It can also be used to create generic Z80 computer running CP/M and/or Microsoft Basic, or monitor programs such as the Small Computer Monitor. It could also be used as a basis for 8080 computers such ...

As hackers and makers we are surrounded by accessible computing in an astonishing diversity. From tiny microcontrollers to multi-processor powerhouses, they have become the universal tool of our art.

This repo contains an ongoing port of Microsoft's GW-BASIC interpreter from 8086 to Z80. This is being accomplished by writing a porting tool, named 'conv.py', which is able to convert the source ...

Opinion It lasted 50 years, but history finally claimed it. Zilog has called time on the Z80 CPU. Readers may have owned one in an 8-bit microcomputer or showered coins on one in an early arcade video ...

Hot on the footsteps of its cracking 'Build a synthesizer' workshop (which will be running again soon), the Cambridge Centre for Computing History is offering another new exciting workshop. The centre ...

This may be the most minimal computer that we’ve ever seen running BASIC. Hackaday.io user [Kodera2t] has been working through the history of computing, so after his 4-bit CPU, he stepped up his game ...

Small Computer Central has released a new module kit, the SC730, for the 80pin-RCBus backplane which features the widely-used 8-bit Zilog Z80 CPU and a memory management unit. The Zilog Z80 is an ...

Zilog, the company behind the iconic Z80 CPU, has announced the discontinuation of this legendary 8-bit processor after nearly 50 years in the market. The Z80, known for its widespread use in gaming ...