Front Panel activities
Posted: April 13th, 2022, 3:50 pm
This post is more of a self-introduction and a catalog of things I'd like to try once my Altair Clone arrives. I've built and owned a number of Z80 systems and enjoy my nostalgia time with CP/M and BASIC and so the main attraction to the clone is the blinkenlights and front panel programming. I saw a number of posts asking for front panel activities beyond the listings on the Altair Clone support page and thought I'd post whatever I happen to try.
My plan for this new toy is to try and entertain myself for at least two weeks without plugging into a serial terminal. (Accessing the settings menu being an exception.) Day one will probably be playing with Kill the Bits and Pong and switching in whatever listings I happen to find. After that I'll post the programs I write to this thread.
The thought process is basically pretend like I could afford the base kit and that's all I've got for a while.
My initial planned activities are:
Maybe I'll include building a serial hex keypad in that list for data entry.
Also, once I find my books on 8080 and Z80 assembly and some of the "build your own computer" type books, I'll add in anything interesting there that I can find.
If anybody has ideas for anything else to try, feel free to chime in.
My plan for this new toy is to try and entertain myself for at least two weeks without plugging into a serial terminal. (Accessing the settings menu being an exception.) Day one will probably be playing with Kill the Bits and Pong and switching in whatever listings I happen to find. After that I'll post the programs I write to this thread.
The thought process is basically pretend like I could afford the base kit and that's all I've got for a while.
My initial planned activities are:
- Insertion Sort
Quick Sort
Multiplication/Division
16-bit & 32-bit integers
Floating Point Routines
Cassette Saving/Loading Programs & Raw Data
Maybe I'll include building a serial hex keypad in that list for data entry.
Also, once I find my books on 8080 and Z80 assembly and some of the "build your own computer" type books, I'll add in anything interesting there that I can find.
If anybody has ideas for anything else to try, feel free to chime in.