Subj : Re: What's in your retro closet?
To   : Niels Haedecke
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Tue Feb 27 2024 02:47:27

  Re: Re: What's in your retro closet?
  By: Niels Haedecke to Nigel Reed on Tue Feb 27 2024 06:59:46

 > Thank you. I forgot to mention an Amiga 2000 and two ZX81 but that's all I
 > have

If you need to offload a ZX81 I'll take it off your hands ;)

 > So you are thinking of building it from scratch, like getting the PCBs off
 > OSH Park and source all parts yourself?! I've seen people doing so but I
 > guess getting a pre-packaged (not assembled) kit may be the less expensive
 > option even if tax and customs come on top of the price. Buying CPUs and SIO
 > chips from Mouser and the likes is quite costy. At least here in germany.

Mouser isn't too bad but buying a kit would have everything I need and he probably gets it cheaper, but it's like $300 or something like that. I can't really justify the expense and it'd take up quite a lot of room and, honestly, what would I use it for? I have a few other projects that I have to get completed first.

 > Also, there's a "SC-130" kit which is a compact version of a 18 MHz RC2014
 > and while being very powerful in terms of hardware, it cost only $65 - I got
 > one here and it's running CP/M and Z-System at unbelievable speed ... vroom!

I have a rpi co-processor for my BBC Micro which will also allow it to run CP/M but I've not had chance to sit down and try it yet.

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