The Idea:
What was I thinking when I decided to do this?
Find out what this thing was built to do.
Blogged:
If you want the quick and dirty, check out my blog entries on this project:
November 24, 2009 8085 Permanent Hardware Free Run Test
November 11, 2009: 8085 Project Update
October 13, 2009: 8085 Hardware Prototype Complete
September 28, 2009: 8085 Trainer Project
August 30, 2009: 8085 SDK Homebrew-Style
Build It:
Step by Step construction, just as I did it:
- Step 0: Preparation
- Step 1: The Free Run Circuit
- Step 2: Latching the Address
- Step 3: Adding Memory
- Step 4: Input with Interrupts
- Step 5: Interfacing an LCD display
- Step 6: Combining the LCD and Interrupts
- Step 7: Adding the Keyboard
- Current Work: OS Development
- Current Work: Permanent Hardware
- To be added: Keystroke Read Software
- To do: Implementing a Monitor Program
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