Tom Jennings' Friendly fZ80, an Emulated DIgital CP/M and MP/M Z80 Machine, Goes Up for Sale

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Tom Jennings has opened orders for the first production units of the Friendly fZ80, an all-new development machine designed for those looking to experiment with Digital's classic CP/M and MP/M operating systems on an emulated Zilog Z80.

"Friendly fZ80 is a completely self-contained [Digital] CP/M and MP/M computer. No modern computer is needed to use it," Jennings explains of the boxy metal machine, a compact throwback to the minicomputers and microcomputers which inspired its creation. "These are all-new design and new construction (emulated) [Zilog] Z80 computers that run CP/M version 2.2 and MP/M II version 2.1, the final version of Digital Research's preemptive multitasking-operating system."

Fancy owning your on dual-OS Digital CP/M and MP/M multi-tasking microcomputer? The Friendly fZ80 is for you. (📷: Tom Jennings)

Crack open the casing of a Friendly fZ80, and you won't find a now-discontinued Zilog Z80 nor even a second-source compatible. Despite its retro styling,...

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