MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
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MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
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Re: MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
#2It would be tempting at a lower price but I'm inclined to save my money for a machine that runs Win 11 and can take a current generation GFX card.
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#4I can see which generation of people has hit their peak earnings by tracking which decade's nostalgia hits the market.
Not that I am complaining: this scratches my itch. I just wish it were even easier to obtain software.
I think the reason the pi and this are accepted over an emulator is because I don't want to run strange software on my main machine(s).
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#5My issue with this is the price. Not because it’s not worth it, but because it means no one outside of hardcore enthusiasts will buy one, that means very little software will ever be developed for it.
Also I find the presence of the floppy drive in 2021 ridiculous. Yes the C65 had one - but that was a prototype machine from 1990 that was never produced. There’s no c65 software available on floppy disk, so no reason this couldn’t have used sdcards instead.
Re: MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
#6Yikes! I've been waiting for this, but 793€!
I understand the reasons. Quality parts, small run, etc. But then I wonder: suppose I am so crazy to buy one. Extremely cool, certainly.
But then?
I stopped writing C64 software 27 years ago. Fondly remembering POKE 53280 is one thing, but doing that again...?
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#7The keyboard assembly is really cool and I personally appreciate the effort, but I bet all that custom plastic really adds onto the price. Custom double shot keycaps are not cheap. I wonder if there could be a much cheaper option with a simpler case and a PS/2 keyboard adapter instead. Perhaps even USB could work, but that feels wrong for this project.
Re: MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
#8My issue with this is the price. Not because it’s not worth it, but because it means no one outside of hardcore enthusiasts will buy one, that means very little software will ever be developed for it. Also I find the presence of the floppy drive in 2021 ridiculous. Yes the C65 had one - but that was a prototype machine from 1990 that was never produced. There’s no c65 software available on floppy disk, so no reason t…
Agree. The price is about double what it should be, and right now it's vaporware.
Re: MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
#9My issue with this is the price. Not because it’s not worth it, but because it means no one outside of hardcore enthusiasts will buy one, that means very little software will ever be developed for it. Also I find the presence of the floppy drive in 2021 ridiculous. Yes the C65 had one - but that was a prototype machine from 1990 that was never produced. There’s no c65 software available on floppy disk, so no reason t…
It seems that there's an SD slot at the front, right below the floppy drive.
Re: MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
#10The keyboard assembly is really cool and I personally appreciate the effort, but I bet all that custom plastic really adds onto the price. Custom double shot keycaps are not cheap. I wonder if there could be a much cheaper option with a simpler case and a PS/2 keyboard adapter instead. Perhaps even USB could work, but that feels wrong for this project.
Well, where do you draw the line? Eventually you arrive at just running an emulator without bothering with hardware at all.