Microseven shows duplicate videos5/20/2023 ![]() The most interesting part of this design is the vera chip for having analog graphics output. That being said, assuming it is driven by nostalgia for the fundamental capabilities and architecture of the C64, if not how it was implemented specifically, I still think it misstepped. ![]() Or at least I found it to be in my dabbling. And the 6502 instruction set is relatively intuitive and simple. My understanding with the C64 specifically is that every piece of hardware was memory mapped somewhere, which made interfacing with it relatively simple. A lot of people really seem to enjoy making those chips sing. ![]() And programming the VIC2 and SID chips specifically. I see a lot of nostalgia for programming 8-bit home computers. Jo22 wrote on, 14:23: It's really hard to understand for me why someone wants to model a dream computer after a C64.ĬGA-like graphucs abilities, two independent video chips! Yay! The floppy sub system was fixed, too! It has an 80 char mode, even!ĬGA-like graphics abilities, two independent video chips! Yay! The C128? Sure, the native mode and Z80+CP/M mode were fascinating. It's really hard to understand for me why someone wants to model a dream computer after a C64. I'd perhaps never even tried using that "Personal Computer" in first place. If it wasn't for the SID and all those fantastic text adventures, The 1541 floppy drives, especially, were horrible (the 1541C models were fixable, the 157x were okay).īoth software wise (polling due to practically broken shifter registers) as well as hardware wise (constant head-banging no light-barrier installed). The C64 had and still has a fantastic community, kudos!, but the machines were full of bugs. Personally, I'd rather recreate a BASIC from scratch that has the C64 Basic instructions for porting over existing code.īut why the C64, at all? An Amiga inspired 16-Bit system would be much more enjoyable, anyway. To make things fit, the datasette routines had to be removed, even. If it was Simons' Basic or Commodore Basic v7.īut the old C64 Basuc was just horrible. I just don't get it why he had chosen the awful Commodore Basic v2. That said having a fast physical z6 on board would have made native “emulation “ in real hardware of many target systems quite easy but I guess there are millions of systems already for that even if they are just an FPGA or software driven Reply 3 of 20, by Blood圜actus Though I can respect he made something unique for educating a future generation, which by its nature isn’t appealing to someone wanting to run the s100 OS that lacks any good graphical games.Īs for 6502 based CPM, yeah that was never a thing and I doubt anyone cares about omitting a z80. (I keep forgetting there is more than one “system “ like that) Similar to a certain low end hobby gameboy like project that is also a unicorn for learning to code. That said I have no interest in a hobby kit for learning to solder and code. Would it be nice if it was a 65816 like an Apple IIGS that could natively emulate other 6502 equipment from the past,? sure.īut There are many other projects if all you want is a replicant of a c64 or an emulation / FPGA system. ![]() It originally was supposed to be a 16mhz “16bit” 65816Ĭonsidering it’s meant to be a imagined spiritual successor to a c64 using all off the shelf parts and considering with one exception nothing commodore itself made in the 8 bit era was compatible with anything else I think he succeededĪnd made a system that runs commodore basic programs.
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