An introduction to microcomputers and microcontrollers with emphasis on single board embedded systems: gates, memory, microcomputer hardware, data representation, programming, input/output, ...

Actually I think two earlier forms of storage for microcomputers were cassette tapes and punched paper tape. I think Southwest Technical Products made both. The tape interface was an AC-40.

You can check out [Nick]’s progress in interfacing the Speak & Spell speech chip after the break. There’s still work to do, but it’s still very impressive.

Description: Architecture of microcomputers; operating systems, logic functions, logic circuit design; I/O structure and interfacing; assembly language, manual assembly; software and hardware ...