RC2014 Z80 based computer kit that you build today!

In this video we will have a look at the RC2014 Z80 based computer.
This great computer kit will help you with tuning your soldering skills, troubleshooting skills, learn CP/M operating system, and BASIC (Microsoft BASIC 85) programming, and more.
Let's PEEK inside and POKE around.
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RC2014 Computer Slots
Listed here are the slots and cards I use on my RC2014 computer:
Slot 3 - Compact Flash card
Slot 4 - ROM card
Slot 5 - CPU card
Slot 6 - Dual Clock card
Slot 7 - 64K RAM card
Slot 8 - Dual Serial card
You should be able to place the cards in any slot, however I found this works best for my configuration.
You can find more information here.
rc2014.co.uk/
Intro and outro music for Rudy's Retro Intel (full copyrights) granted by:
Thano Productions Inc.
email: [e-mail]
Thank you for watching!

[@2010Thex]

Very nice project to help sharpen skills, and in the end, you have a fun little computer. Great video!

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Thank you very much!

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

What a cool little machine!

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Indeed it is. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@CaptainCommodore]

Nice video chap , looks like it has some community behind the rc2014

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Thank you!! Yes, there are many people behind this and has been growing ever since 2014. Thanks for commenting

[@CayMacVintage]

Loved it. Will look into getting it also to play around with it.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Thanks for watching and commenting. It's a fun little project, and the community for it is quite large.

[@UnbrokenCheese]

Thanks for the video. If I ever get my original N8VEM working, I'd like to build an RC2014 kit next

[@RudysRetroIntel]

You're welcome, and thanks for sharing

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

A clock crystal frequency would be 4Mhz for ZILOG Z80 and ZILOG Z80A, I think that a ZILOG Z800 version should be created and would allow you to run the version of UNIX for the ZILOG Z800.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

It would be great to also run UNIX! Thanks for commenting

[@SpeccyMan]

These boards use a Z80 that can run at 8MHz but they are usually clocked at a slightly lower frequency of 7.3728MHz as that clock can be successively divided by 2 to generate clocks for the UART. i.e. 7,372,800 divided by 64 gives 115,200.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Excellent information, and thanks for sharing

[@jamesmorton7881]

I learned Z80 on a Phi Deck. Dual tape drives. A whopping 6MHZ clock. Back in 1980. Fast forward to 2012 1200MHZ. PowerPC QUIC III. Signal integrity required.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Nice!! Back in the 80's I was learning CPM on an Apple II clone with s CPM card running at 6Mhz. Fun times compiling code. Thanks for sharing and commenting

[@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs]

Great Vid Rudy neat project

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Thanks for watching and your support. See you on your stream next Sunday!

[@mmaldonadojr]

A lovely kit, my only concern is about the reliability of those headers from the backplane, they can stand a very limited number of insertion cycles before starting to show faulty contacts.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

These are used to keep the price down, but I agree, and thanks for commenting

[@mikecook317]

I also "race" my BASIC programs. I do it on emulators, not real hardware. PC-BASIC always wins, of course. I wish i had the skills to build something like this.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Thanks for commenting and letting me know about PC-BASIC

[@8BitNaptime]

This tickles the part of my brain that likes slots that demand to be filled.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Lol!! Enjoy, and thanks for commenting

[@8BitNaptime]

@@RudysRetroIntelI miss those days. Like Amiga 3000 days... I had mine filled to bursting with things I almost never used. This is the correct way to use computers IMO.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Indeed!! I did the same on my Apple II+. It's great to have a full stocked computer!!

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Very helpful video thanks

[@RudysRetroIntel]

You're welcome! More to come, and thanks for commenting

[@ssl3546]

What's particularly interesting to me about this is the CPU card could be replaced with other CPU cards to play with other architectures, the hard work can be amortized that way. Lots of exotic old CPUs out there that would be fun to play with that aren't popular with the retro community

[@RudysRetroIntel]

That is very interesting. It would be amazing to see other cpu cards used. I only wish I had time to work on that. Great idea! Thanks for sharing and commenting

[@ntal5859]

They did that back in the 70s look up S-100 bus standard, you could swap to different CPU like 6502 or z80 etc.

[@daviddrabble494]

Hi, do you have a link for the StarWars.Bas game?

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Sorry, I don't. It's actually just text scrolling of the Star Wars story. I thought it was a game.

[@daviddrabble494]

@@RudysRetroIntel OK, thanks. At least I can stop Googling starwars.bas :)

[@PWingert1966]

Now if it runs CP/M< it might be intersting.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Actually, it runs on CP/M

[@beforth]

Just two words... agon light.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Yes, agon light is a great project. This project is great for people who want to improve their solding, troubleshooting, and program skills. Different computer but still very big community and lots of fun to be had. I will do an agon light video later this year. Thanks for commenting.

[@SpeccyMan]

Just eight words: Not nearly as much of a community yet.

[@beforth]

Just 1 word more... "Neo6502".

[@RudysRetroIntel]

@@beforth not heard of this one. Will have to take a look. Thanks for commenting

[@ntal5859]

First cpu project at uni a was z80...but why anyone would use this in 2024 has me baffled.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

It's a great way to introduce people into simpler projects and learn about CPUs. I haven't seen any learning kits where you solder a computer together and put in an i9 processor. Thanks for commenting

[@VulpisFoxfire]

@@RudysRetroIntel Yeah, I miss Heathkit...