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Real Commodore hardware is going to break down eventually, I'd love to have something that uses modern parts so we aren't dependent on rare parts that are going
by tines 2y ago
Real Commodore hardware is going to break down eventually, I'd love to have something that uses modern parts so we aren't dependent on rare parts that are going to disappear or become super expensive.
- ruk_booze 2y agoThere are modern FPGA-based options like the Ultimate64. https://ultimate64.com/Ultimate64 https://ultimate64.com/Ultimate64 Got one of these too (the now discontinued non-Elite version) and it is pretty cool running stuff at 48MHz: https://youtube.com/shorts/fF2IXTwWDPQ?si=ww3IXp7CVWDT3SZy https://youtube.com/shorts/fF2IXTwWDPQ?si=ww3IXp7CVWDT3SZy In above video, I hacked the awesome demo Andropolis to utilize U64’s turbo mode during vblank. This clip shows it running in full turbo mode: https://youtube.com/shorts/hvmNnwz7ENQ?si=6idbUgRYikXHh25O https://youtube.com/shorts/hvmNnwz7ENQ?si=6idbUgRYikXHh25O
- varjag 2y agoThey are extremely repairable due to low level of integration and commodity components. And many ICs (outside DRAM or PROM) can potentially last for centuries.