According to https://neo6502.com/ the SOC has a 6.25 Mhz CPU and 64k of RAM. What's the utility of this in the modern world?
I would get something like this for my son who has a desire to learn assembly and build from scratch.
New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
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Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#12Hopefully somebody decides to distribute it in the states. The 1kEU minimum buy makes it not interesting for hobby kit.
Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#13> Neo6502 [...] consist of real W65C02S processor and RP2040 which emulates RAM memory, video, keyboard, SPI, I2C, UART, GPIOs, Sound (via https://github.com/OLIMEX/Neo6502 ) 6502 is fun but coupling it to a RP2040 takes most of that fun away again, imho. Why not have the RP2040 emulate the 6502 too?
Do you use memory to emulate memory
Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#14Hopefully somebody decides to distribute it in the states. The 1kEU minimum buy makes it not interesting for hobby kit.
The original neo6502 is available from Mouser and Digikey, so I don't see why they won't get this.
Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#15> Neo6502 [...] consist of real W65C02S processor and RP2040 which emulates RAM memory, video, keyboard, SPI, I2C, UART, GPIOs, Sound (via https://github.com/OLIMEX/Neo6502 ) 6502 is fun but coupling it to a RP2040 takes most of that fun away again, imho. Why not have the RP2040 emulate the 6502 too?
We Oric-1/Atmos users have been enjoying the heck out of wiring up an RP2040 to our systems .. it makes an excellent peripheral controller .. adds USB mice, keyboard, mice, etc. to 40 year old systems.
Just wanna say, adding the RP2040 to 8-bit systems increases the fun, yo ..
I'm pretty sure Neo6502 is going to get LOCI emulation mode for booting with the Oric Atmos ROM sooner or later .. that is going to be very interesting, from the perspective of next-generation Oric development ..
Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#16> Neo6502 [...] consist of real W65C02S processor and RP2040 which emulates RAM memory, video, keyboard, SPI, I2C, UART, GPIOs, Sound (via https://github.com/OLIMEX/Neo6502 ) 6502 is fun but coupling it to a RP2040 takes most of that fun away again, imho. Why not have the RP2040 emulate the 6502 too?
We Oric-1/Atmos users have been enjoying the heck out of wiring up an RP2040 to our systems .. it makes an excellent peripheral controller .. adds USB mice, keyboard, mice, etc. to 40 year old systems. Just wanna say, adding the RP2040 to 8-bit systems increases the fun , yo .. I'm pretty sure Neo6502 is going to get LOCI emulation mode for booting with the Oric Atmos ROM sooner or later .. that is going to be very i…
I can see it being fun if it's truly a peripheral to an otherwise fully-functional system
Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
We Oric-1/Atmos users have been enjoying the heck out of wiring up an RP2040 to our systems .. it makes an excellent peripheral controller .. adds USB mice, keyboard, mice, etc. to 40 year old systems. Just wanna say, adding the RP2040 to 8-bit systems increases the fun , yo .. I'm pretty sure Neo6502 is going to get LOCI emulation mode for booting with the Oric Atmos ROM sooner or later .. that is going to be very i…
I can see it being fun if it's truly a peripheral to an otherwise fully-functional system
Indeed, that is exactly what it has become for the Oric-1/Atmos, in the LOCI project .. which gives the Oric access to USB peripherals, including storage, and getting such things under control are the first step in making retro- computers useful again ..
Re: New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)
#18Hopefully somebody decides to distribute it in the states. The 1kEU minimum buy makes it not interesting for hobby kit.
I couldn't find any minimum order information. Where did you see that?