''Build Your Own Z80 Computer: design guidelines and application notes'' is a book written by Steve Ciarcia, published in 1981 by

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. The book explains step-by-step the process of building a computer from the ground up, using the

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, including building a power supply, keyboard, and interfaces to a CRT terminal and tape drive.

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External links

Z8.info Support Pages

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Z-80 Space-Time Productions Single Board Computer

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Blake's Conflabatorium , Z80 Microcomputer

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