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		stevekemp on Dec 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ZedRipper: A 16-core Z80 laptop The Z80 is very easy to drive on a breadboard - since it just needs a clock. Add a few LEDs to show address-line accesses and you're done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFIviiwPrLI The Z80 has RAM-refresh support built-in, and can be hand-clocked if you wish making it one of the simplest processors to run - in terms of required external components.

Marazan on Dec 11, 2019 [–]

The hand clocking is the magic of the Z80 for me. That you can manually toggle a button to step through every tiny change is so cool.

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