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From: Brian Ketterling on 11 Apr 2008 23:53 In news:47fffec0$0$14278$5a62ac22(a)per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug(a)no.spam.iinet> wrote: > IMHO the biggest barrier to success is the lack of software support - no-one > is interested in a machine that has no software... I think that's right -- all cart, no horse. Brian --
From: Mark McDougall on 12 Apr 2008 07:19 BruceMcF wrote: > How to get a Chinese (or Malaysian or ...) manufacturer interested in > making it? SNES is the only lure I could see, but SNES+C64 with a SD > Flash ram socket. That would be my main incentive to get a 65816 core going - a SNES would be seriously cool. Since we've now got an Amiga in an FPGA - including 68K core - it's certainly quite feasible and I wouldn't be too surprised if someone announced one in the not-too-distant future. Regards, -- | Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it | <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"
From: Harry Potter on 12 Apr 2008 09:04 On Apr 11, 11:44 am, "Tom Lake" <tl...(a)twcny.rr.com> wrote: > While I'd like to see that, too, it would take a lot of volunteer > work since the commercial appeal would be extremely limited. > I don't think you'll ever see it actually happen. > > Tom Lake I appreciate all your opinions, and I think they're right. I was just asking, though.
From: John Selck on 12 Apr 2008 09:34 On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:37:54 +0200, Harry Potter <maspethrose7(a)aol.com> wrote: > I would like somebody to do what Apple did with the IIgs and make a > C64/128-compatible 16-bit computer. It would have the following > features: > > * A version of the 65816 processor > * 16-bit graphics/sound > * hardware-based 1571 burst mode > * compatibility with CMD drives and CBM devices > * modular 8-bit and 16-bit BASICs > * in-ROM compression and text editing > * RGB monitor > * math coprocessor > * character and bitmapped graphics modes and sprites What about this: Amiga
From: Tom Lake on 12 Apr 2008 10:19
"Harry Potter" <maspethrose7(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:1b3dda80-5a36-4f00-8e9b-eb0dbbf957de(a)59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 11, 11:44 am, "Tom Lake" <tl...(a)twcny.rr.com> wrote: >> While I'd like to see that, too, it would take a lot of volunteer >> work since the commercial appeal would be extremely limited. >> I don't think you'll ever see it actually happen. >> >> Tom Lake > > I appreciate all your opinions, and I think they're right. I was just > asking, though. Hey, if it wasn't for dreamers who ask, "What if...." we'd never have most of our great inventions! Tom Lake |