Tag: hardware
Pyrofer is working on a converter to transform a 80 column CGA video signal to RGB. With this system you can connect your Commodore 128 to a RGB monitor. At the moment the refresh rate is 15 kHz (no scan doubler). Website: http://c-128.freeforums.net
Epsilon has written a post about upgrading his Amiga 500. He shows how to install the Individual Computers ACA1233n 030 accelerator with optional RTC battery expansion, a 512k memory expansion and a new Amiga floppy drive, complete with a 3D printed drive eject button designed to fit the Amiga 500. Click the link below to read more about it. Website: http://amigax1000.blogspot.co.uk
The CGRS MICROTECH PEDISK II was an early floppy disk system for the Commodore PET/CBM computer. The PEDISK did not use the IEEE bus like the Commodore disk drives, but instead used a standard floppy disk controller chip connected to the inside of the PET/CBM machine. It could support both 5.25″ and 8″ standard floppy mechanisms as configured from the…
Episode 62 of the Open Apple podcast has been released: This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Mark Pilgrim, one of the most active software preservationists in the Apple II community. Mark has been spending his free time working on Passport, an automated cracking tool. It automatically detects and defeats copy protection schemes on Apple II disks, producing copyable…
The AVS from retroUSB is one of the most compatible and accurate NES clones on the market. Powered by an FPGA chip allowing the device to very closely mimic the hardware on an actual Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. The system is compatible with original NES controllers and runs original NES cartridges. More details and video review below. Video: 720p wide screen HDMI output,…
The MixSID is a stereo SID board for the Commodore 64 that can be used with any combination of SID models on a wide range of C64 mainboards. Features include an integrated stereo channel mixer, pragmatic stereo addressing scheme, flexible handling of io areas, onboard audio input, output and digiboost circuits, dedicated stereo output, full paddle compatibility and versatile digital…
István Hegedüs has developed a cycle exact FPGA core for the MOS 7360/8360 TED chip written in verilog. The final goal is to have an fpga core that could be used as a drop in replacement for the MOS 8360 chip which is the heart of the Commodore 264 series 8 bit computers, namely the Commodore 16, Commodore Plus 4…
Systems like the VIC20 or the Commodore 64 have cartridge slots, so can run diagnostic software from there. The PET does not, so this is Tynemouth Software’s new 6502 diagnostics board, a board which fits in place of the 6502 CPU in systems such as the Commodore PET to run diagnostics checks on a non-functional PET. Source: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk
Happiga is an emulation system that can be used on a very small computer such as a Raspberry Pi. It uses the UAE4ARM emulator to emulate an Amiga 4000 AGA including Picasso96. You can use a real keyboard and joystick via the Keyrah V2. Changes in this version: An update for Raspbian, support for 128 MB Z3 RAM, a new…
Staringlizard has developed a replacement for the Amiga A520 adapter. The Amiv 2.0 can convert the Amiga RGB 15KHz signal to HDMI to make it possible to connect your A500 or A1200 to a modern screen. The Amiv has buttons to shrink the picture horizontally and move the picture horizontally and vertically. YouTube: AMIV 2.0 – Amiga A520 adapter HDMI…
