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MicroZ, CP/M-ready Z84C15 SBC for Arduino Mega Enclosure
Introduction
MicroZ is based on Micro80, but repackaged for the Arduino mega enclosure.
Features
Z84C1516 Intelligent Peripheral Controller
Z80@16MHz, reliably overclocked to 24MHz
Two channel SIO
Four counter/timer
Clock generator
PIO
128K RAM in 2 banks
64K EPROM
Expandable via RC2014 I/O bus
Disk-on-module mass storage
CP/M ready
Designed for acrylic Arduino Mega enclosure
Functions
This is a classical microprocessor design with EPROM and RAM. At reset the EPROM copies itself into RAM and then jump into RAM. The Z84C15 has two programmable chip selects that are used to page out the EPROM or change RAM banks.
Design Information
Gerber photoplots
Software
Manuals
Getting started with MicroZ
MicroZ Monitor manual
Installing software on a new DOM