HACKADAY prize ENTRY: THE FPGA COMMODORE
The history of Commodore 8-bit computers ends with a fantastically powerful, revolutionary, as well as extraordinarily collectible device. The Commodore 65 was the poultry lip’ last-ditch effort to capture every last bit out of the tradition of the Commodore 64. Basically, it was a rework of a 10-year-old design, adding advanced features from the Amiga, however still retaining backwards compatibility. only 200 prototypes were produced, as well as when these things hit the auction block, they can fetch as much as an original Apple I.
For their Hackaday prize entry, local hackaday.io FPGA wizard [Antti Lukats] as well as a team of retrocomputing enthusiasts are remaking the Commodore 65. Finally, the supreme Commodore 8-bit will be offered to all. Not only is this going to be a ideal replica of what is probably the most desirable 8-bit computer of all time, it’s going to have new features like HDMI, Ethernet, as well as connections for a great deal of FPGA I/O pins.
The PCB for this job is developed to in shape inside the original situation as well as includes an Artix A200T FPGA best in the middle of the board. HDMI as well as VGA connectors fill the edges of the board, there’s a connector for a floppy disk, as well as the serial port, cartridge slot, as well as DE9 joystick connectors are still present.
You can inspect out an interview from the Mega65 team below. It’s in German, however Google auto-generated as well as auto-translated captions really work really, truly well.
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