Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar

[Jim Battle]

Steven Hirsch wrote:

>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/13388965/Build-Your-Own-Z80-Computer
...
> Download link dead on Firefox 3 under x86_64 Ubuntu, i386 Ubuntu and IE6 
> under Windows XP.  In fact, most of the controls are nonresponsive on 
> all platforms.

IE6 XP worked for me -- well, I get to the "sign in or sign up" screen 
that is required before downloading, and I don't care to.

FF3 under XP worked as well.

One thing to note -- the control to download wasn't live until the 
entire document appeared to have streamed to completion.  When you load 
the page do you see a progress bar showing the streaming of the document?


Back in 1985, just after graduating college, I bought this book and I 
started drawing up my own plans for making my own Z80 computer.  The 
book didn't really have any information that I didn't already know, but 
it still served as a catalyst to do something instead of just thinking 
about it.

A few days into my design, I noticed that a 68000 cost about $15, which 
admittedly was 10x the cost of a Z80, but the difference was mice nuts 
in absolute terms.  So I built a 68K machine instead.

Although I never did anything with the computer once I had developed the 
monitor, it was probably responsible for me getting my next job.