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Stephen C Cousins

648 orders since Sep 20, 2018

54 Reviews

Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

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Pick'n'Mix Boards for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$7.00

SC126 Z180 SBC / Motherboard Kit

Stephen C Cousins

$58.00

Modular Backplane Boards for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$7.00

SC112 Modular Backplane Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$18.00

SC129 Digital I/O Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$17.00

SC113 Modular Backplane Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$13.00

SC130 RomWBW CP/M Computer Kit

Stephen C Cousins

$49.00

SC114 Z80 Motherboard Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$38.00

SC119 Z180 Memory Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$30.00

SC103 Z80 PIO Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$26.00

SC111 Z180 CPU Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$45.00

SC115 Prototyping Breakout Board for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$7.00

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.98)

Documentation: (4.80)

Shipping: (4.94)

Communication: (4.91)

Oscar | Jan. 17, 2020

Fantastic kit!

For SC130 RomWBW CP/M Computer 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

Mark | Dec. 30, 2019

Great kit - a lot of fun!

For SC126 Z180 SBC / Motherboard Kit

The last time I built a kit was in my childhood (which was more than a few years ago) so I was a bit apprehensive. The instructions were remarkably clear. The circuit board very well laid out. The periodic tests instilled a lot of confidence. The best part? It arrived in the mail Friday evening, I sat down Saturday morning and by that evening I had a working cp/m machine right out of the 1980s! Everything worked exactly as advertised. Amazed that this cost as little as it does when compared to other z80 kits out there. Really an amazing value.

Wondering what others are doing for cases?

Stephen | Dec. 22, 2019

Straightforward, well designed, configurable.

For SC129 Digital I/O Module Kit for RC2014

Also easy to build and with excellent documentation.

Some stuff to make up 100 characters (stupid rule, by the way).

Didier | Dec. 16, 2019

nice product

For SC112 Modular Backplane Kit for RC2014

Nice product, but the second sdcard is not working which make the board usuable alone
RC2014 is nice but seems to be mostly from UK

It's out of the question to buy a products from outside the European Union, with more taxes and more expensive shipping
it is time to have an EU alternative to UK products

some RC2014 boards are already overpriced more than 100€ for a rom/ram board is a rip off

Craig | Dec. 16, 2019

I love it!

For SC126 Z180 SBC / Motherboard Kit

I had my kit built in a few hours; within an hour of it being up it was running fuzix.
Thanks to Stephen Cousins for the well designed and documented machine, and to Christopher David Farrar for the write up:
How to create an sd card for booting fuzix on an sc126

In linux do the following steps:

Drop the two image files into a directory or on the desktop.
I chose desktop.

Bring up a bash command prompt.

Change to directoy where you have placed following files:

- c126-0.3.ide
- s32m.z80

enter commands:

sudo dd if=sc126-0.3.ide skip=2 of=/dev/sdb conv=notrunc,fdatasync status=progress

sudo fdisk /dev/sdb

Once in fdisk do the following steps:

- list partitions with p command
- delete any partitions with d command
- create new partition with n command
- specify partition 1 - default
- specify 2048 starting block - default
- specify +64mb or let rest of sd card be used
- change partition type with t command
- specify partition 1 - default
- specify partition type 7e
- write changes to disk and exit with w command

if you create a 64mb partition above instead of using rest of card, you can add
other partitions like a fat16 or fat32. The fuzix should ignore them.

Once back in bash do the following:

enter command:

sudo dd if=fs32m.z80 of=/dev/sdb1 conv=notrunc,fdatasync status=progress

You are finished!!!!! :D

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