A detailed look at Steve Ciarcia's 1981 classic "Build Your Own Z80 Computer" - a foundational text that taught a generation of hobbyists how to construct microcomputers from scratch.
The complete history of Infocom, creators of Zork - from MIT hackers to gaming legends to corporate acquisition. How a group of programmers created an empire of words, and what happened when it all fell apart.
A complete guide to running CP/M 2.2 on real Z80 hardware using the RetroShield, 8bitforce KDRAM2560 DRAM shield, and software SPI SD card storage. Play Zork on authentic silicon!
How the plummeting cost of computation led to exponentially more computing, not less—Jevons' Paradox applied to silicon.
The journey from a working LLVM Z80 backend to actually compiling Rust code for an 8-bit processor from 1976. Includes the hardware requirements that surprised us, the creative workaround that made it possible, and a working Hello World program.
Bringing Digital Research's CP/M 2.2 to life on a modern Rust-based Z80 emulator, complete with disk I/O and classic software.
