{"id":11968,"date":"2015-07-07T09:07:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=11968"},"modified":"2015-07-10T23:16:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T03:16:48","slug":"minimalist-computer-build-zeta-sbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/07\/minimalist-computer-build-zeta-sbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimalist Computer Build: Zeta SBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zeta-v2-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11969\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zeta-v2-board-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"zeta sbc v2 board\" width=\"660\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zeta-v2-board-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zeta-v2-board-160x94.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zeta-v2-board-320x188.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zeta-v2-board.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m building a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malinov.com\/Home\/sergeys-projects\/zeta-sbc-v2\">Zeta SBC V2<\/a>, a basic Z80 computer in the spirit of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N8VEM\">N8VEM<\/a>. I&#8217;m trying to kit it out mostly locally, which means extensive trips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creatroninc.com\/\">Creatron<\/a>, Supremetronics\/Honson Computer (aka the basement of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homehardware.ca\/en\/dealer-microsites\/1381-7\/contact-information.htm\">College Home Hardware<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/aboveallelectronicsurplus.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/19\/hello-world\/\">Above All Electronic Surplus<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activesurplus.com\/\">Active Surplus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fun discovery #1: not all CR-2032 battery holders are the same size. This board call for the one just a <em>tiny <\/em>bit larger than the coin cell itself. Most of the ones with the retainer clip that goes over the battery are too big, and will prevent other components being installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m building a Zeta SBC V2, a basic Z80 computer in the spirit of the N8VEM. I&#8217;m trying to kit it out mostly locally, which means extensive trips to Creatron, Supremetronics\/Honson Computer (aka the basement of College Home Hardware), Above All Electronic Surplus, and Active Surplus. Fun discovery #1: not all CR-2032 battery holders are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[2892,2891,2557,2893],"class_list":["post-11968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-suck","tag-n8vem","tag-sbc","tag-z80","tag-zeta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQNZZ-372","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11970,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11968\/revisions\/11970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}