Today you might choose run Windows, Linux, MacOS or some other OS on your computer. Back in the 1980s however, you generally had little choice: a certain home computer came with a certain OS, and that ...

Most retrocomputer builds seem to focus on either restoring old machines or rebuilding them from scratch. Either way, the goal is to get as close as possible to the original machine, and while we ...

This website by Joel Owens has alot of information around Z80 single board computers. This site is a technical repository for information related to the Space-Time Productions Z80 single board ...

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 Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor that first hit the market in the 1970s. It was the beating heart of classic computers like the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the TRS-80, as well as game consoles ...

The Z80 SoftCard was actually an add-in product for the Apple II PC, and allowed other operating systems and programs to run on Apple's computer. It launched 43 years ago in April 1980. When Microsoft ...