non-CP/M Z80 board
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Mon Jun 16 21:16:01 CDT 2008
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> I'm not familiar with many 6800 designs, but I was somewhat surprised to see
> how limited some parts are, like the 8085 in the "8085 Cookbook" where you
> could really get away with very little. OTOH, the c64 doesn't use any
> buffering _at all_ and yet the CPU in there seems to have little trouble
> driving 3 ROM chips, a set of 8 4164s, plus all the peripherals. I'm
> guessing that the Z80 is probably somewhere in between, and that the
> datasheet probalby won't give me the whole story anyhow.
>
>
I think the PADS PCB demo program has Z80 cpu controler already designed
to save you some work. I suspect there is a PCB already done on the internet
for you. I don't have time now to look as am going grocery shopping now.
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