The SGS NBZ80-S is also known as the “Nanocomputer Training System”. It is designed by SGS in Italy, and is a Zilog 80 development computer. The kit comes complete with a full user manual and teaching guide, designed to allow the user test all features of a Zilog 80 CPU Read more…
The Amstrad CPC6128 was the first PC I personally owned. As the name suggests, it has 128kBytes of RAM. It also came with a built-in 360k 3″ floppy drive, used almost exclusively with Amstrad computers. Its incompatibility with other computers was one of its downfalls. It was neither suited for Read more…
The Cambridge Computer Z88 is an early tablet style portable computer. It uses a low-power CMOS version of the Zilog 80 CPU. Cambridge Computer was another company owned by Clive Sinclair, though technically seperate to Sinclair.
The Bytronics Becca+ computer is in fact a Multitech MPF-IP CPU Board with a user interface and prototyping board attached. This essentially makes the system a Zilog 80 Evaluation computer. Year 1988 (According to IC’s) Make & Model Bytronic Becca+Multitech MPF-IP Generation 4th CPU Zilog 80 Speed 1.79MHz RAM & Read more…
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ computer was as you would expect, the next model on from the ZX Spectrum. It was released in October 1984. Boasting a much improved keyboard (lets face it, not difficult to achieve), and a QL-style case, the Spectrum+ gave the Spectrum+ the much-needed improvements. The CPU Read more…
The HP 120 is the 2nd computer made in the Series 100 range. It has a small 9 inch display. Its alternative model number is 45600A. I am lead to believe this computer has 2x Zilog 80 CPU’s; one on the CPU cardand one on the Terminal card, though this Read more…
The Cromemco System Three aka CS-3A was a high-end PC in the day, sometimes referred to as the “3rd” design, but also has a fererence to “Micro Bee 2” – though not yet verified. It dates to around 1979. The 3102 monitor is in fact a Terminal computer, and communicates Read more…
The MPF-IP (MPF-1P, MPF-I+ or MPF-I Plus) is built by Multitech. It is the upgraded version of the MPF-I. It has a larger display, having a 20-character 16-segment font vacuum flourescent display which can display a 64-ASCII character set. A more sophisticated Monitor ROM has built-in text editor, 2-pass Assembly Read more…
The MPF-I computer was sold as a trainer computer, aimed at teaching the user how to program using machine code and assembly. It consists of a Zilog 80 CPU and has 2k of RAM, a built-in keyboard and an 7-segment LED Display. The MPF-I was manufacturered by Multitech as their Read more…
The Nascom-1 is a single-board computer kit, introduced in December 1977 and discontinued in 1979 when it was replaced with the Nascom-2. The Nascom was designed in the UK by Kerr Borland and John Marshall and featured a Zilog 80 processor running at 1MHz, 2kb RAM (1k used for video Read more…