[gadyke]

Modern remixes of legacy microelectronics like this are a hobby I'm particularly fond of. I'm sure I'm not alone in having assembled far too many Z80, 6809 and 6502 and of course 8088 projects than is probably healthy over Covid.

On the PC-XT specifically I highly recommend anyone who isn't already familiar dig in to the great Sergey Kiselev's project logs and documentation,[1] as he's often the root inspiration for many more recent remixes (such as the NuXT) [2]. He's also created clean redesigns of many ISA-compatible cards (sound, video, storage).

Some people take the hobby to levels I find mind-boggling, such as Alexandru Groza's efforts to essentially single-handedly recreate 386 hardware. [3]

[1] http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects [2] https://github.com/monotech/NuXT [3] https://alexandrugroza.ro/microelectronics/index.html

[wildzzz]

I built the Zeta V2 from Sergey although immediately after booting it up the first time, I had no clue what I was going to do with it. I thought about dropping in a ESP8266 into the ParPortProp board but still haven't gotten around to doing the work. I did build my own programmer for the ROM using a Teensy which was pretty fun. I think I want to use it as a TNC for packet radio but will need to add a Bell modem chip, preferably a real FSK modem lifted from the garbage rather than a microcontroller that can do everything under the sun.