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by stevekemp 2488 days ago
Building a small computer, powered by a Z80 processor.

Currently I'm in the state where I have a Z80 CPU hooked up to an Arduino (mega). The software running on the Arduino fakes RAM and hardware I/O so I can write simple programs in Z80 assembly language and test it.

I've also managed to get BASIC running on it. The next step is to actually build a real circuit with serial I/O and real RAM/EPROM hardware so it will be standalone.