Collaborate Disseminate
How many lines do you need on a CP/M terminal? More is usually better, of course, but the MicroOffice RoadRunner managed with an 8-row, 80-column LCD screen. That may sound …read more Continue reading CP/M on an Eight Line Display
Ever heard of a Dutch company called Holborn (literally, born in Holland)? We hadn’t either, but [Bryan Lunduke] showed us these computers from the early 1980s, and we wondered if …read more Continue reading Z80s From the ’80s Had Futuristic Design
[Oscar] is no stranger to writing hard-to-read C code. While most of us do that by accident, there are those who strive to write the most unreadable code and enter …read more Continue reading Obfuscated C 8080 Emulator Ported
[Oscar] is no stranger to writing hard-to-read C code. While most of us do that by accident, there are those who strive to write the most unreadable code and enter …read more Continue reading Obfuscated C 8080 Emulator Ported
Ok, so the title isn’t as catchy as “Back to the Future,” but my guess is a lot of people who are advanced Linux users have — at least — …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Forward to the Past!
It is hard to describe the Brother SuperPowerNote. It looks like a big old Z80-based laptop, but it says it is a notebook. The label on it says (with lots …read more Continue reading Porting CP/M to a Z80 Thing
Cowgol on Z80 running CP/M ties together everything needed to provide a Cowgol development environment (including C and assembler) on a Z80 running the CP/M operating system, making it easier …read more Continue reading Cowgol Development Environment Comes to Z80 and CP/M
If you ask your neighbor who Bill Gates or Steve Jobs is, they’d probably know. But mention Gary Kildall, and you are likely to get a blank stare unless you …read more Continue reading Bill, Steve, and Gary… Computer Pioneers
If you were around when the Altair 8800 was king, you might remember the name Cromemco. They were an early vendor of add-ons for the Altair, along with companies like …read more Continue reading An Odd Home Computer From the 1980s
The Apple II was at the forefront of the home computer revolution when it came out in 1977. In its era, nobody really cared about hooking up the Apple II …read more Continue reading An Easy Z80 And VGA Upgrade For the Apple II