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It's a good occasion to mention the Ultimate64: https://ultimate64.com/Ultimate64 https://ultimate64.com/Ultimate64 Gideon isn't very good at advertising, so n
by jwr 3y ago
It's a good occasion to mention the Ultimate64: https://ultimate64.com/Ultimate64 https://ultimate64.com/Ultimate64
Gideon isn't very good at advertising, so not everyone knows this even exists. It's a complete C64 emulation motherboard. You mount it into an existing C64, place the SID in a socket (for real analog SID sound) and enjoy a modernized C64 with perfect zero-delay HDMI output, great sound, 1541 drive emulation, cartridges, etc.
It still blows my mind that you can plug in a USB stick containing every C64 game ever written.
This thing is really impressive and after you've used it for a while, it's actually hard to go back to the "real" C64 motherboard :-)
Implementing all this on an FPGA is a mind-boggling feat, and I have nothing but the highest respect for Gideon.
- snvzz 3y ago>Gideon isn't very good at advertising He's so bad at it that I thought none of the Ultimate64 was open source hardware. But most if not all of it is.
- jacquesm 3y agoLikewise Dennis van Weeren's 'MiniMig' Amiga do-over: https://www.minimig.ca/ https://www.minimig.ca/
- Findecanor 3y ago> You mount it into an existing C64 There are also replacement C64C cases, mechanical keyboards and at least two SID-chip replacements based on ARM-based MCUs available. ARMSID is the most well known of the SID boards (I forget the other one)
- PhasmaFelis 3y ago> It still blows my mind that you can plug in a USB stick containing every C64 game ever written. This reminds me of a friend who had every Atari 2600 game ever written on a 3.5" floppy...