Re: Additional SIDs

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:43:22 +0100
Message-Id: <0E4CE0F2-97E9-45B9-9999-DF1F527ED581@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2011-12-01, at 21:49, Groepaz wrote:

> a) we dont have a 65816 core. writing one from scratch which is halfway 
> accurate is a LOT of work
> b) making it work on the chameleon hardware with a fixed 20mhz clock will not 
> be easy, since the sdram is also used by the drive emulation and the vga 
> framebuffer (which eats bandwidth)
> c) the scpu contains copyrighted software (firmware roms) which can not be 
> copied without a license
> d) last not least: the fpga is getting full, and an additional 65816 core 
> would most likely not fit.
> 
> so, i guess that in theory an scpu core could be implemented, but it is not 
> part of the "turbo chameleon 64" project.

I sse. I also found this FAQ page:

http://www.syntiac.com/chameleon_faq.html

where my question is also answered in almost the same words. So the A500 is the adapted Minimig core I guess, right? And where does the 1541 emulation come from? 1541U?

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SD!


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