[Plasmode] has created several Z80-compatible board designs, at least four of them using the oddball Z280. The Z280 was a special variant of a Z80 that could bootstrap itself with no external PROM, ...

There have been plenty of Z80 computer builds here on Hackaday, but what sets them apart is what you do with them. [Andrew] writes in with his Z80 single-board computer made from scratch, using the ...

近日，Zilog公司发布了停产通知，宣布将在今年6月中旬停止接受新的Z80芯片订单。这意味着这款芯片即将退出历史舞台。 Z80芯片是一款适用于嵌入式系统的中央处理器，由Zilog公司的创始人费德里科•法金及其团队在1974年开发。该芯片最初是为游戏硬件领域设计 ...

So, I'm curious about the Intel aspect of this. . . The 8-bit Z80 microprocessor was designed in 1974 by Federico Faggin as a binary-compatible, improved version of the Intel 8080 with a higher clock ...

The project creates a Z80 computer which provides the possibility of producing a video board that utilizes TV as the monitor. There are two boards, CPU and video, that comprise the machine and a ...

Computer enthusiasts interested in building a computer system similar to those available in the early 1980s may be interested in the homebrew modular Z80 computer kit created by RFC2795 Ltd based in ...

The news makes nerds wistful: production of the Z80 processor, one of the most versatile 8-bit processors ever, is being discontinued after almost 48 years. The manufacturer announced the end of ...

Lately my computing life has been...boring. The Ivy Bridge system I built a year ago is still zipping along speedily. I upgraded to a new Thinkpad Helix for my laptop needs. Ho-hum. I grew up on what ...