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I pined over a lot of retro hardware over the past year, there are a lot of competing modern C64 and Amiga hardware, at the core of most of them are FPGAs, so i
by codezero 5y ago
I pined over a lot of retro hardware over the past year, there are a lot of competing modern C64 and Amiga hardware, at the core of most of them are FPGAs, so if you want to save money and have a large set of options, get yourself a DE-10 Nano / Mister setup. It's kind of the kitchen sink of retro computing at this point and runs < $200. You can emulate everything from an Apple II, C64, ZX-Spectrum, most consoles through the 90s, Amigas, even a 486 (though it's shaky).
What you won't get is an already set-up system, a nice case, or simple to attach peripherals, but I haven't had too much trouble with it, except trying to get a formatted hard disk for an Amiga into an SD card with files on it, but I figured it out :)
- snvzz 5y agoI absolutely agree about MiSTer. If you're into this, that's the hardware to get. A massive ecosystem of cores with good software to choose, configure and keep them all up to date. I just wish the target devboard was among those supported by the open synth/place/route stack. Maybe in the future, somebody will make an OSHW custom board for the purpose, using a well-supported FPGA that could also hopefully be fatter than the one the DE-10 Nano has. But, right now, MiSTer is the way to go.
- christkv 5y agoThese guys just announced a version of the mister hardware trying to make it more accessible to use for end users https://rmcretro.store/mister-multisystem/ https://rmcretro.store/mister-multisystem/
- jug 5y agoThis looks interesting! I’ve long wished for a more mature MiSTer system that feels like a complete retro console/system/computer. There ARE already many options there but involves 3D printed parts, soldering, or more. If I could just throw an added €50-100 on the problem I’d gladly consider it, and this looks promising. I don’t really fancy the official rectangular case. It looks more like a hacker platform. Which, I guess, it is… But…
- codezero 5y agoWow this looks great. Now I almost regret having the janky DE-10 Nano and SDRAM hanging off a power cable next to my TV. I love the form factor and the cases! Thanks for sharing this.