Collaborate Disseminate
In a Product Change Notification (PCN) published on April 15, Zilog (now owned by Littelfuse) announced the End of Life for a range of Z80 products, specifically virtually all of …read more Continue reading End-Of-Life for Z80 CPU and Peripherals Announced
When it comes to famous operating systems for the Z80 and similar Zilog processors, the first and maybe only one to come to mind is CP/M, which was even made …read more Continue reading Zilog’s Forgotten Operating System: Z80-RIO
In case you weren’t around in the 80s, or you happened to blink, you may have missed the Mattel Aquarius computer. [Nick Bild] has a soft spot in his heart …read more Continue reading Aqua PCB Is a Big Upgrade for the Mattel Aquarius
Regular readers may be aware that I have a certain affinity for vintage VTech educational toys, especially ones that attempted to visually or even functionally tie in with contemporary computer …read more Continue reading Teardown: VTech Smart Start
The Z80 was a big deal in the 1970s and 1980s, and while its no longer a dominant architecture today, its legacy lives on. [James Andrew Fitzjohn] is a fan of the Z, and decided to interface the real silicon …read more
Continue reading Interfacing a Z80 CPU With the Raspberry Pi
Back in the days before kids could be placated with a $50 Android burner phone, many a youngster was gifted a so-called “educational computer” to keep them occupied. Invariably looking like a fever dream version of the real computer their parents didn’t want to let them use, these gadgets offered …read more
Continue reading Teardown: VTech PreComputer 1000 is an Iconic PC in a Toy Wrapper