Re: VICE real cart support

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:11:31 +0200
Message-ID: <5269309.ZASKD2KPVS_at_rakete>
Right now even the U64 fails at a lot of (sometimes even simple) cartridges -
that alone should tell you its not all that trivial at all :)

As for VICE, the whole architecture probably wouldnt allow to do something
like this, not without a significant rewrite at least.


Am Montag, 28. September 2020, 23:38:38 CEST schrieb smf:
> Timing/latency are going to kill any chance of something like an REU. A
> lot of carts will work with an Ultimate 64, as it attempts to emulate
> all the bus cycles with the correct timing.
>
> On 28/09/2020 21:50, Scott Hutter wrote:
> > yeah, i was curious about rather unusual devices such as the BI-80, a
> > BBU / REU combo, or even a turbo chameleon.  Just wanted to see how
> > far the emulation could take it.  We know that with a zoomfloppy its
> > possible to talk to real IEC devices, so was just thinking of the
> > cartridge port also. Additionally, was thinking of a real userport
> > connection being routed into VICE.


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