Re: Re: Update on the home-built z80 computer[1]

> Would love to see pictures, plans, and budget.

I'll put some pictures online as soon as I start the build. Right now, I'm pulling
a few more pieces together. Check out my z80build/ projects folder[2] for a
detailed Bill of Materials text file as well as a link to the schematics that
I'm going to be using.

The biggest issue I have with budget is that it's almost impossible, it seems,
to obtain qty 1 of any of the things that I need. Impossible, or impractical
with the cost of shipping. So, I'm ending up with duplicates (or more) of
the parts. If someone else wants to attempt the build, I could send them
my extras so they wouldn't have to source them all the way I did.

The biggest part of the budget was the eeprom programmer, which was just
under $50. But, it is of course useful for other things, so I wouldn't
include it in the cost of the build. The other parts are relatively
cheap, but I did drop $20 on a breadboard CF slot so I could avoid
the tiny soldering and signal problems described in the build instructions.


[1] gopher://grex.org:70/0/~papa/pgphlog/agj-Re_Update_on_the_home-built_z80_computer
[2] gopher://grex.org:70/1/~tfurrows/projects/z80build/