Build Your Own Z80 Computer: Design Guidelines and Application Notes

"There is a MAJOR need for a book such as this. The information is not readily available elsewhere. Or anywhere. There are dozens (hundreds?) of microprocessor books, but nearly all deal with software and treat hardware as abstractions or block diagrams. Ciarcia's book is literally filled with very useful and practical "hands-on" hardware advice, tips and techniques.... The book will do for the reader what no other microprocessor book or manufacturer's literature I know of does: It will enable a person to actually buy individual parts and assemble them into a working microcomputer - with peripherals and options! That's very important. Too bad we couldn't have had such a book years ago." -Forrest Mims, III; contributing editor of Popular Electronics "To my knowledge the material covered in this book is not available elsewhere. There is sufficient detail to enable an individual with previous experience to assemble a working Z80-based microcomputer from the component level. The design tradeoffs, the circuits, the software, and the test circuits and procedures are discussed at a level sufficient for the book to have educational value even if one did not actually construct a Z80-based system." -Joseph Nichols, Digital Analysis Corporation

This was a terrific book. It was full of information. Great for any one who wants to learn how to build a computer from scratch.