> >Because it allows us to still be using Commodores and hopefully repair any
> >future problems with open-source, current technology. It's not merely a
> >modern C64 anyway; it has a '816 core, SDRAM controller, SVGA output and
> >she's even talking Ethernet in the spec.
>
> The day when sourcing a C64 becomes difficult is the day when finding VGA
> monitors will be equally difficult. Besides, the way most C64 people use their
> C64s is very dependent on all manners of hardware "features" which would make
> any simulation quite a difficult task to accomplish.
Which she is still attempting to do, and so far with success, even with
tricksy things like VIC-II badlines (for the untutored, this is taking
advantage of the VIC-II's DMA cycle every eighth raster line and tricking
it into new and different behaviours/timing).
Besides, I think the coolness factor fits more into this project than the
practicality factor, n'est pas?
> OTOH, if you regard it as a new 65816 computer (which may happen to be C64
> compatible in some ways), it doesn't seem to bad.
It will of course have its own native mode, and at least on the discussion
list there are many ideas for a new OS specifically for this native mode as
well.
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Received on Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:03:59 BST