Very interesting project - a microbee emulated in (almost) one FPGA
Monday, June 29, 2015, 09:00 PM
Posted by Administrator
The Microbee was an Australian made Z80 based computer that was able to run CP/M 2.2 and 3.0 - and it even had already some pixel graphics capabilities.
Getting such a computer isn't simple, and I do not live in Australia (btw. wonderful country).
But working with real hardware and not "emulated on PC" is still a great idea.
On
fpgabee.toptensoftware.com you will be able to read all about using a FPGA development board or even a selfmade pcb for it.
With it's version 2, even harddisk access and color graphics is implemented.
And it's working with a standard VGA monitor, a PS/2 keyboard and a SD card. That's all.
It looks like this (photo taken from the above mentioned web site):
So just go on and visit the web site above mentioned (or see related link also below).