●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Monday, April 19, 2021 ●● ● Apr 19 [02:11] *rianne (~rianne@2a00:23c4:c3aa:7d01:1f1:b62c:e3b9:f41f) has joined #techbytes [02:11] *asusbox2 (~rianne@2a00:23c4:c3aa:7d01:1f1:b62c:e3b9:f41f) has joined #techbytes [02:14] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) [02:14] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) ● Apr 19 [07:57] schestowitz
[07:57] schestowitzAfter a while I came across https://8bitstack.co.uk/, which describes a simple board called the the Z80 playground.
[07:57] schestowitzThe advantage of this design is that it loads code from a USB stick, making it easy to transfer files to/from it, without the need for a compact flash card, or similar. The downside is that the system has only 64K RAM, meaning it cannot run CP/M 3, only 2.2. (CP/M 3.x requires more RAM, and a banking/paging system setup to swap between pages.