Re: To put together a system...

[Edward Snider <zipps...@gmail.com>]

Hi Joe,

I'm in just about exactly the same spot as you in building my first S-100 system.  With the Z-80 v2 we have the processor and a rom to boot the system from, then serial i/o

board for communication, and the ram board for memory.

So we should just need some storage to load an os from in addition to this for a system.

I was thinking about doing a run of the Dual CF-Card/Hard Disk IDE S-100 Bus Board cards.  This with the above boards would be a good

basic system, I am thinking.

Ed

On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:48:28 PM UTC-5, Joe Herdler wrote:

Hi All,

Just to let the group know, I have almost completed the Z-80 V2 board, and my two serial boards came today safe and sound. (Thank you Ed...) I am awaiting the backplane board, and will purchase the DOS support board next week. I have also expressed interest to be in on the large order (not the pre-order small purchase) for the 16 Meg memory board.

So here is my question. What other boards do I need to obtain to get a working S-100 computer up and running? I eventually would like to get an 8086 board as well as a 286 board going. Can I use the Z-80 V2 on the same bus as the 8086?

I am assuming that I will need a floppy disk controller, a hard drive interface, I would like a parallel port board for an older Centronics line printer, and a sound effects board if one is available.

I will also need to find a card cage (or plans to make one) and I would really like to find a front panel interface so that I can have all of those uber neat switches and lights even though that is more for show than go.

Any way, I am very happy with this project, and am very glad that this group exists.

If only there was an active group of hobbyists interested in the Intel Multibus computers!

Best,

Joe Herdler