Find: "Z80 Starter Kit" - any hints?

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Fri Jul 3 02:44:43 1998

On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> Z80 Starter Kit
> SDS SD Systems
> (C) 1978 MICRO DESIGN CONCEPTS
>
> It packs a Z80 w/PIO and CTC, 8 socketed 2101L RAMs (and room for 8 more!),
> a prototyping area (with labeled address and data bits right there), and two
> (unpopulated) S-100 slots (with pads for -/+16V and +8V) In addition, there's
> jacks for a cassette tape drive (and buttons labelled "cass load" and "cass
> dump"), and below the ROM socket (w/masked programmed ROM "Z-BUG"), a toggle
> switch ("PGM"/"READ") and a 24-pin DIP socket marked "PRO PROGRAMMER".
>
> With all that, I still have questions:
>
> o Is there any info on this? It looks much like a SYM-1 or Elf
> of the day, but with a Z-80.

I have one of these with the manual. I don't know if I can find it in my
mess but if you'd like I can give it a try and maybe send you a couple
paragraphs from it.

>
> o If I can't find a good use for this, does anyone want to make me
> an offer for it? I promise that I won't just go out and post it
> on E-overpay.

Its a relatively obscure board. I know of two others who have one, maybe
a third. And now, of course, you.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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