Hi Joe, I'm in just about exactly the same spot as you in building my first S-100 system. With the Z-80 v2 we have the processor and a rom to boot the system from, then serial i/o board for communication, and the ram board for memory.
So we should just need some storage to load an os from in addition to this for a system. I was thinking about doing a run of the Dual CF-Card/Hard Disk IDE S-100 Bus Board<http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/IDE%20Board/My%20IDE%20Card.htm> cards. This with the above boards would be a good basic system, I am thinking. Ed On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:48:28 PM UTC-5, Joe Herdler wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just to let the group know, I have almost completed the Z-80 V2 board, and > my two serial boards came today safe and sound. (Thank you Ed...) I am > awaiting the backplane board, and will purchase the DOS support board next > week. I have also expressed interest to be in on the large order (not the > pre-order small purchase) for the 16 Meg memory board. > > So here is my question. What other boards do I need to obtain to get a > working S-100 computer up and running? I eventually would like to get an > 8086 board as well as a 286 board going. Can I use the Z-80 V2 on the same > bus as the 8086? > > I am assuming that I will need a floppy disk controller, a hard drive > interface, I would like a parallel port board for an older Centronics line > printer, and a sound effects board if one is available. > > I will also need to find a card cage (or plans to make one) and I would > *really > *like to find a front panel interface so that I can have all of those > uber neat switches and lights even though that is more for show than go. > > Any way, I am very happy with this project, and am very glad that this > group exists. > > If only there was an active group of hobbyists interested in the Intel > Multibus computers! > > Best, > > Joe Herdler > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
