RE[3]: Floppy disk label
way too much text. have you actually printed this and put it in a disk? the font size will be horribly small.
View ArticleRE[2]: New semiconductor idea?
It was in a popular science magazine that they used radio wave to heat up silicon into vapors to make solar cells. The idea may be to do the same for a p type mixture to coat your substrate and build...
View ArticleRE[15]: Any News?
Changing the keyboard layout would introduce a lot of significant compatibility problems. Remember, most software on the C64 scans the keyboard directly, and so if you change the layout, it will just...
View ArticleRE[6]: MegaAssembler SourceCode
True linux does have some C compilers that can program Z-80 and other microprocessors and programming for older machines to generate programs. You can write most anything on Linux an port it over to...
View ArticleRE[1]: ASDUMP
“What if you had a floating point program on the hard ware that used sub-processors to take of 1-6 incorporated on the bios.” =D *tears*
View ArticleRE[1]: MegaPhone & Mega65 Pi
Thanks for the words of encouragement :) On the "pi" concept, the solutions here are either the nexys4 board or the tiny trenz board with the same FPGA. It will need a daughter board for the VGA out...
View ArticleRE[6]: FPGA support for the open source IceStorm toolchain?
Thanks for that guys. Ok yes I guess I'm comparing one chip with 80kb to another with 2,700kb, and the available gate numbers don't compare. The open source toolchain is more geared toward the lattice...
View ArticleChicken lips radio Mega65 news update
The last chicken lips radio podcast gave a nice update on the progress of the Mega65 keyboard in their news section: http://www.chickenlipsradio.org/2018/11/show-015-show-after-lost-one.html
View ArticleRE[5]: Expansion port support for this ?
Tell me more about the hardware on the cart, and how it communicates via the user port. Are you using just the 8-bit data port, or also shift registers? Any other signals? What combinations of input...
View ArticleRE[3]: So looking forward....
I also the thank. Please is being completerized the product Mega65 of!
View ArticleRE[1]: I can't wait! But what is the price?
As cheap as we can make it, but the price won't be known until we get all the components settled. Paul.
View ArticleRE[2]: Estimated ETA on the release, and where to buy after official release?
Hello, It will be possible to order online once available, and we expect international shipping will be available, as we know we have a market in Europe, the USA and Australia at least. ETA can also...
View ArticleRE[3]: When Is it Going To RElease
Actually, his goals are quite different, in that his prime objective is low cost. We look forward to seeing both devices out in the field. Volume of production will initially be based on volume of...
View ArticleRE[5]: Will there be room left of the FPGA to play with?
Or better: https://github.com/MEGA65/mega65-core/blob/development/iomap.txt/#L590 Paul.
View ArticleRE[5]: Keyboard specs and case colors?
At the moment all effort is on just getting the machine ready for availability :) The keyboard is with hole-through mechanical switches, so in the worst case, there would be nothing stopping you...
View ArticleRE[12]: Cassette port?
Indeed, which is why we will support a tape interface cartridge that will be totally transparent to the computer, thus getting the benefit without adding to the cost of all of the units we produce for...
View ArticleRE[3]: Commodore name licensing
Hello Anton, Thanks for the kind words! Regarding the compatibility issues, we will keep stamping on those -- probably for some time after the initial release. Indeed, that is where we expect the...
View ArticleRE[15]: Status of the 45GS02 instruction set
@rosetiff: More or less correct. There are indeed no known programs that do NOP + XXX ($nn),Z, since there are only a dozen or so C65 programs, anyway. Also, the M65 specific extensions can be turned...
View ArticleRE[4]: Use some memory as an REU in C64 mode?
We already support GeoRAM and REU, so I am reluctant to add a 3rd, when there isn't really any point. I have a RAMDrive, and never really found it to be useful in any way that a fast SD card interface...
View ArticleRE[4]: C65 Keyboard
Hi LGB: i was able, to visit M.E.G.A. 2 days ago and was able to hold and feel the new keyboard. It is awesome ! Even most modern PC keyboards do not stand a chance against the Mega65 keyboard. One...
View ArticleRE[8]: Planned M65 production target
That's the easy part, the hard is to pay for that order ;-P
View ArticleRE[48]: MEGA65 wants you!
Hi Jody, This sounds great. The cartridge port works very similarly as for a C64, and most C64 cartridges will work. For expansion memory, the MEGA65 will have 8MB of ~10MHz expansion RAM in the final...
View ArticleRE[7]: WHAT MICROPROCESSOR ?
We want it to only be 8-bit processors, so no ARMs. It would have been so much easier if we allowed a big processor, but for us, that spoils the result. Paul.
View ArticleRE[7]: GPIO
We always love to hear people's creative ideas about how they would llike to use the MEGA65. Note that the MEGA65 has an SD card slot, so there is already bulk storage looked after. It is only running...
View ArticleRE[15]: SID, SID, SID...or....What is the SID approach for the MEGA65
The Mega65 was originally planned to have 2 onboard sockets for SID chips. But since a 6 layer PCB appearantly is going to be too costly with the extra real estate for the sockets the devs opted for 2...
View ArticleRE[7]: Problems + workarounds with the current (2019-04-23) mega65-core
No worries, and thanks for the pull requests and comments on the commits on github. This is exactly the kind of input that helps us to make the MEGA65 more available to the community. Paul.
View ArticleRE[5]: C65 ROM status?
No worries, i had exactly the same problem the first time ;-) Have fun !
View ArticleRE[2]: Tox chat
I was thinking about something more like an IRC channel, or a Skype/Discord type chat where people can talk about MEGA65 related stuff, ask for help etc. I've created a discord server:...
View ArticleRE[26]: Prototype PCB!
Solei: It is stalled as "not required" for first release. Yes, the new design will be smaller as well as faster, being designed to deal with these two issues at the same time. In fact, it will be...
View ArticleRE[1]: Box and manual
Box and manual. See github.com/mega65/mega65-user-guide for the beginnings.
View ArticleRE[3]: Integer scaling and scalines questions
It's open source, so people are welcome to. The reason for going back to 800x600 is to avoid having to use an even more expensive FPGA, and some related complexities. Also, in our experience from...
View ArticleRE[10]: When it is going be release?
Hi Paul, again, thanks for the prompt reply - really appreciated. Obviously we know that things can change, delays can occur etc, but knowing we can (hopefully) expect units to become available within...
View ArticleRE[7]: HW Commodore 65 out on Ebay
Hehe, great find anyway :) Even just a totally unusable and ugly "cannot be saved" kind of C64 is great, usually there is something at least can be saved/used from that later. I'm not a great...
View ArticleRE[10]: Awesome Project!
Hi all, Happy days. My Nexys4DDR arrived today which I ordered from RS Components, along with the power supply and the microSDHC card. After about an hour or so of following the instructions in the...
View ArticleRE[3]: Fred Bowen's last official c65 Kernel ROM was 911204
It will be pretty if he want to share, but also with us, of course I understand his and also your decision. Miro
View ArticleRE[9]: EasyFlash and other cartridges
Thanks. I try to take a look at it at the weekend. As I have seen it in the meantime, on C128 the Phoenix routine calls the ROM entries, which is started from the Basic cold start (where it ends and...
View ArticleRE[8]: Graphics Capabilities (BASIC 10)
Load address as ID is bit problem. If you want to create backward compatible Basic that can run older programs - if are not machine specific, other Commodore computers have different load address. If...
View ArticleRE[64]: Work is underway to make open-source replacement ROMs for the C64
Hey, no problem. We are all volunteers. But it is super to hear about the progress :) Paul.
View ArticleRE[25]: Tell me more about the floppy drive.
Wait! Netflix series on Mega65 soon? :-O [ok, kinda lame joke ...]
View ArticleRE[60]: Does anybody actually want Commodore 65 ? / some destructive ideas
IMHO, the concept of the M65 is spot on. C64 compatibility: It would be stupid to NOT have it. C65 compatibility: Yeah! For all those people who would have bought one, if it ever came to existence....
View ArticleRE[26]: What happened to the Website?
mega65.org updated - renderings mostly removed. MEGAphone still is A THING :)
View ArticleRE[7]: Why dont you continue to release Bitstreams like promised ?
Bitstreams are updated as free downloads on mega65.org .. however, we need to work on MEGA65 pcb R2 before we publish new bitstreams for NEXYS 4DDR/NEXYS A7.
View ArticleSmall job for someone
Hello all, I have just created this issue on github: https://github.com/MEGA65/mega65-core/issues/93 It is a well-defined exercise in adding the auto-generating documentation for the real-time clock...
View ArticleRE[1]: Keyboard layouts for different regions?
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement :) We are glad you are enjoying the ride. For us, sharing the ride is really important, and makes the whole thing so much more worthwhile. This is also why...
View ArticleRE[1]: !ATTENTION! This forum will move in a few days!
I now set the forum to read-only.
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