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Stephen C Cousins

970 orders since Sep 20, 2018

99 Reviews

Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

Ships from 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

SC131 Pocket-sized Z180 RomWBW CP/M computer kit

Stephen C Cousins

$73.00

SC129 Digital I/O Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$17.00

Modular Backplane Boards for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$7.00

SC112 Modular Backplane Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$18.00

SC113 Modular Backplane Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$13.00

SC130 RomWBW CP/M Computer Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$49.00

SC114 Z80 Motherboard Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$38.00

SC115 Prototyping Breakout Board for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$7.00

SC103 Z80 PIO Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$26.00

SC119 Z180 Memory Module Kit for RC2014

Stephen C Cousins

$30.00

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Retro computer enthusiast

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.99)

Documentation: (4.87)

Shipping: (4.93)

Communication: (4.93)

Anatoly | May 24, 2020

Great Z180 Complete Kit

For SC131 Pocket-sized Z180 RomWBW CP/M computer kit

This is a well designed Z180 kit including the enclosure. Stephen Cousins does his typical excellent job with the documentation and details for assembly. This kit includes some minor component modifications to get the board and enclosure to fit together. The instructions for these are explained clearly in the documentation including pictures of what needs to be done. The design only has 5 IC's, so it assembled very quickly. After assembly and close inspection of all the solder joints, I applied power and the Z180 system came to life. If you are interested in building a Z180 system, the SC131 is a good selection.

Steven | May 24, 2020

Great cp/m kit

For SC131 Pocket-sized Z180 RomWBW CP/M computer kit

Excellent assembly guide, the best documentation I have seen for any kit on tindie, If your a beginner then this is a really good retrobrew computer to get started with. Had no difficulties and the board fitted just fine in the case without any major adjustments. Its fun to use CP/M again.

Juan | May 23, 2020

Great Kit

For SC131 Pocket-sized Z180 RomWBW CP/M computer kit

This shipped quickly - Thanks.

The detailed instructions & Troubleshooting guide really helped me get this together and fix it. The only problem I had was with the serial interface. I would recommend including the USB-Serial adapter in this kit as one I already owned did not provide a stable power supply.

Fun to build and there is quite a lot you can do with this when it is complete, the case makes it look very neat and hides my terrible soldering nicely.

cheers,
Juan

Mogens | May 23, 2020

Excellent Quality

For SC114 Z80 Motherboard Kit for RC2014

I got my SC114 kit after about one week, everything carefully packed.

The kit is very high quality, and very well documented. If you read and follow the instructions, the kit is easy to assemble (very little soldering experience needed).
The software included in the ROM is also excellent, and quickly gets you started in either BASIC or Z80 assembler.

To me, this is a fun trip down memory lane; I was hacking along on the ZX81 in assembler nearly 40 years ago... I have been playing with some of the nice Z80 software emulators, but nothing beats the feel of coding to the "bare metal"!
Also, I like the simplicity of the kit, which actually makes it possible to understand how everything works in detail at the hardware level.

Thank you very much for a great kit - I highly recommend it for everyone who wants to try REAL retro-computing.

Radek | May 19, 2020

I'm very satisfied with this product.

For SC126 Z180 SBC / Motherboard Kit

The SC126 has very good documentation at it was easy to assembly it.
It is good product with excellent balance between functionality and complexity.

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