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"Z-Berry is the smallest Z80 based computer ever built." Not to be pedantic, but the Timex Sinclair 1000 of 1981 had a lower chip count than this computer. Ta
by flavio81 9y ago
"Z-Berry is the smallest Z80 based computer ever built."
Not to be pedantic, but the Timex Sinclair 1000 of 1981 had a lower chip count than this computer.
Take a look at the board:
http://oldcomputers.net/pics/ZX81-mb.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/pics/ZX81-mb.jpg
And it even includes the RF modulator.
Of course, the Z-berry is a far more powerful Z80 computer.
Ready to run again all your CP/M 80 programs?
PS: What would have RULED would be to include in the Z-Berry a socket for the SID* sound chip or at the very least two POKEY* chips.
* SID: Commodore 64 sound chip. POKEY: Atari 8-bit (800/400/800XL/etc) sound chip.
- colejohnson66 9y agoMaybe he meant the literal smallest?
- userbinator 9y agoIf we extend the definition of "Z80 computer" to include those which aren't using the original Zilog Z80 DIP40 CPU, e.g. SoCs, then these may be the smallest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S1_MP3_player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S1_MP3_player https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=138 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=138 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=139 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=139
- jdmoreira 9y agoYes, but of the ICs in the Timex Sinclair 1000 is the Ferranti ULA which packs a lot of features.