Z80-Retro / manuals

Information on where to get manuals for the parts used in the Z80 Retro! project

manuals

Information on where to get manuals for the parts used in the Z80 Retro! project.

Z80 manuals (various editions)

• Z80/Z80A Technical Manual 1977
• Z80 Datasheet PS0178 with detailed timing diagrams.
• Z80 User Manual UM0080 with detailed descriptions of each instruction.
• Z80 Assembly Language Programming Manual - The original version of the instructions without the OCR errors present in UM0080.
• Z80 CPU Peripherals User Manual UM0081 discusses the CTC and SIO.
• Z80 Family Product Specifications Handbook - 1984 has nicer pictures of the SIO registers.

CP/M manuals

• Individual manual booklets (for the purists):
  • (PDF) Introduction to CPM Features and Facilities
  • (PDF) CP/M 2.0 Guide for CP/M 1.4 Users
  • (PDF) ED (A Text Editor)
  • (PDF) DDT (Dynamic Debugging Tool)
  • (PDF) ASM (An 8080 Assembler)
  • (PDF) CP/M 2.0 Interface Guide
  • (PDF) CP/M 2.0 System Alteration Guide
  • (PDF) CP/M 2.2 System Alteration Guide
  • (PDF) SID/ZSID Manual
• One big book of all the CPM manuals
  • (PDF) CP/M 2.x Operating System Manual

Related documentation

• Wikipedia UART Article
• AY-3-1015D UART Datasheet (Has a discussion of the 16X bit-rate clock with diagrams etc. applicable to all UARTs.)

Highly Recommended Books

• The Programmer's CP/M Handbook, Andy Johnson-Laird, 1983
• Z80, Assembly Language Programming, Lance Leventhal, 1979