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Offline rain1Topic starter

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Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« on: July 25, 2016, 10:48:55 pm »
would anyone be able to recommend a kit I could get which has a PCB and components to solder in to build a computer? It could be based on ATmega or Z80 or 6502 or anything like that!
Maybe something like that is too ambitious, I've soldered a few things before but nothing too complex.
 

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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2016, 11:31:53 pm »
Build a barebone arduino

 
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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2016, 05:54:35 am »
Build a barebone arduino



dear god no!
 

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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2016, 10:48:31 am »
dear god no!
I just skimmed the video with audio off.
But I will not listen to anyone who writes MHz as MGHZ.
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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2016, 11:28:41 am »
Have a look at the N8VEM Homebrewing project

http://obsolescence.wix.com/obsolescence#!n8vem-overview/csbv

a range of boards to go from a simple SBC to a rack system.
personally I find Z80 designs easier to understand.


board listing
https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boardinventory
« Last Edit: July 27, 2016, 12:11:16 am by bitslice »
 
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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2016, 12:10:07 am »
I bought a couple of the Nuts and Volts Magazine Amiga computers for my grandson to solder:
http://store.nutsvolts.com/project-kits/sku17367

They're kind of interesting being based on the Parallax Propeller chip.  This chip has 8 'cores' running in parallel so it's possible to do some interesting things.

FWIW, the soldering is not difficult.
 
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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2016, 01:56:26 am »
Why do you want to build one, just to prove you can solder?  You will have enough problems.  Just buy something simple like a bare bones UNO for $5 and then buy some stuff to go with it.  I would never suggest the kits that supply a bunch of stuff that will never be used.  Micros are like children.  Each of them are different, but they are all the same.  You will never figure out what to use till you find out what you don't like.
 
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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2016, 12:33:47 pm »
Thanks so much for all the interesting links and advice from everyone!

Build a barebone arduino


this seems like a really good easier thing to start off doing.. I'm going to do something a bit like that! video made me realize how good an idea it is to use sockets/headers so that I can replace the parts easily.  :D

 

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Re: Recommend a DIY micro-computer kit?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2016, 09:13:24 am »
would anyone be able to recommend a kit I could get which has a PCB and components to solder in to build a computer? It could be based on ATmega or Z80 or 6502 or anything like that!
Maybe something like that is too ambitious, I've soldered a few things before but nothing too complex.

The cheapest option I see is to take a working obsolete Windows computer, burn/cook/melt the components off, and solder them again.
If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat.
 


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