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Name: SC130 RomWBW CP/M Computer Kit for RC2014
SKU: 18155
Price: 49.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)

SC130 RomWBW CP/M Computer Kit for RC2014

(7 Reviews)

A complete Z180 single board computer with RC2014 bus sockets, running RomWBW to provide a robust CP/M implementation

Designed by Stephen C Cousins in United Kingdom

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A complete Z180 single board computer with RC2014 bus sockets, running RomWBW to provide a robust CP/M implementation

The aim of this design is to provide a low-cost CP/M system. It uses the Z180 CPU for good performance and RomWBW firmware for robust implementation of CP/M with support for a wide range of hardwar...

Documentation

The documentation can be found at www.scc.me.uk

Purchasing the PCB only

The bare PCB is available here on Tindie.

Dimensions

The assembled kit is approximately 10cm (4") x 10cm (4") x 6cm (2.5"). It is supplied in a box approximately 12cm (5") x 16cm (6.5") x 2.5cm (1") weighing about 150g (0.35lbs).

Notes

This product is supplied as a kit of parts which require assembly.
It is your responsibility to pay any import duty or taxes charged by your home country.
My products are made in accordance with the "designed for RC2014" labelling scheme.
RC2014 is a trademark of RFC2795 Ltd.
This product is designed for hobby use and is not suitable for industrial, commercial or safety-critical applications.
RomWBW has been provided free of charge by its author Wayne Warthen.

Rates to United States of America

Shipping Rate	Ships From	First item	Additional items
Royal Mail: International Standard, no tracking, no signature (ExEurope) I have simplified my shipping rates so you now pay a single flat rate regardless of how many of my products you order.	GB	$7.00	$0.00

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.00)

Shipping: (4.00)

Communication: (4.00)

Kurt | June 2, 2020

SC130

This small system is outstanding.
Very suitable for the first steps with CP / M.
I have some programs (BASCOM, C and ASM)
tested. It works and is a real pleasure.
1984-1990 I have div. Software programmed.
They were used on Kaypro and Sharp.

I can't get KSAM to work. I suspect the Z180 doesn't work with KSAM. With a Z80 could work.
KSAM supports index sequential file management.

I can fully recommend the system.

Kurt Pieper

David | May 16, 2020

Wonderful SBC!

I was looking for an old school project to keep me busy and discovered RC2014. After spending time looking at options decided on this kit and absolutely glad I did.

Packaging - small box with all you need.
Documentation - brilliant. Can't understate how easy and simple the documents are to follow. Sheets to check you have all the components, assembly guides to make sure you do things in the right order and finally checks to make sure you haven't broken it as you go along!

Support - there is a massive and friendly base of people using and looking at old school electronics like this.

Software - comes with latest RomWBW so you can run CP/M 2.2 out of the box! And two different BASIC to play with.

Highly recommended kit - you can't go wrong here!

Already bought two more to expand and have digital IO as well as sound!

Thanks Steven.

Stephen | March 15, 2020

Great computer kit, highly recommended.

Product: Perfect for an easy-to-implement CP/M system. Single board design minimises the amount of soldering. High performance (by CP/M standards). Not so good if you need maximum expansion possibilities, but two expansion slots still provides a reasonable amount of leeway.
RomWBW is included which means bringing up a new system is very simple.

Shipping: Shipped the next day, small package sent through normal mail. Took about a week to reach Switzerland.

Documentation: The best!

Communications: First class. Steve Cousins helped me sort out several problems via his website email.

Bill | March 3, 2020

SC130 RomWBW CP/M Computer Kit for RC2014

This amazing kit is a creation of Stephen Cousins.

In my opinion, the best that's available in it's class. It has a micro SD card for storage, enabling the user to read & write files to & from it.
You can run programs directly from the card with no issue.

The PCB has a small footprint. The kit is excellent for beginner (with supervision), to intermediate soldering ability. All components are through hole.
There is excellent documentation for parts checking included with the kit, with excellent documentation online.

Lastly, it is excellent value for money. Mine worked first go & I've been enjoying it's use ever since.

I highly recommend this kit.

Cheers & great job Stephen !!!

Bill

Oscar | Jan. 17, 2020

Fantastic kit!

I really enjoyed putting this together. It is simple, you can't really go wrong. But I did go wrong anyway (I soldered stuff on the wrong side of the PCB) and Steve sent me a replacement PCB within a day. But back to the kit itself, it is pretty much the ultimate CP/M computer in terms of performance. It's even plenty fast enough to run the unix-like fuzix, with multi-user multitasking. thanks to the RC2014-style expansion connectors, there's plenty of scope for adding more hardware fun.
Great design, I don't think you'll find a more attractive Z80/Z180 machine anywhere. If you have any interest in the Z80 or CP/M, this is the kit to get.
I did a more thorough review here: http://obsolescenceguaranteed.blogspot.com/2020/01/sc130-perfect-cpm-computer-kit-at-50.html

Gary | Dec. 6, 2019

Amazing product, easy build, super value!

Very much enjoyed building this Z180 computer. The sturdy PCB is well laid out, approx 0.070 inches thick, and about 4x4 inches square. Build time was about 3 hours. It has a Meg of physical memory split evenly between RAM and ROM that the Z180 MMU maps into the Z80's logical space (64K). The clock is 18Mhz, so it is quite fast. The PCB has 2 expansion slots that are RC2014 compatible, so you can add RC2014 project boards or backplanes that are available on Tindie. It came with a USB virtual serial port, and an SDCard expansion peripheral that is used as a disk. The RomWBW software includes CPM, a full size floating point BASIC, a Tiny integer BASIC, Forth, and a small monitor so you can explore and play around with the Z180 registers, memory, and I/O The cost was very reasonable at $56USD which included shipping. I live in Atlanta and received the board in less than a week.

Randall | Nov. 23, 2019

Awesome

Cool little kit that coalesces into a cool little Z180 RomWBW CP/M machine perfect for learning or experimenting.

Easy to build and with brilliant documentation that leaves nothing but an evenings worth of therapeutic soldering and testing. Well worth the money and time.

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