I'm not sure how much new stuff is being written (CBM-II or just CBM), but most development these days seem to be hardware oriented. 1) To replace chips that can't be found or are expensive (6509, 6525, SID, RRIOT, TED, PLA etc)2) Replace the entire machine with new hardware to give the same user experience (with perhaps some bonuses thrown in)3) Stuff to make things more convenient (card-based storage solutions, interconnection (wifi, ethernet), multicarts, converters (scan doublers, hdmi) and things like that As for software, I see mostly demos or the occasional game (ie: space chase) I have some CBM-II things I'd like to see (and may do myself): 1) Bank 15 RAM cartridge or internal board2) 1MB sram expansion3) Graphics boards (yes, even with colour ;-) ) Most people are just nostalgic and want to be able to USE their machines the way they did back then. Some people collect machines that they could never afford (and need some repairs), and some, like people here, want to push their machines to the limits in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways. Steve From: Jeff Laughton <laughton@cyg.net> To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:05 AM Subject: Re: Hardware emulation of 6509 using 6502? Is anyone writing new stuff for CBM? I'm not a CBM person, and don't know. Someone mentioned SuperCPU. What's the potential for porting existing code from other '816 platforms? And (back to new stuff for CBM), what's the potential for clever kludges and handy helper code? Not actual applications; I mean stuff that's not a major job to write but is worthwhile to have because it's fun and/or makes life easier. Heck, could be as simple as a fast multiplication routine, I dunno -- that's just an example. (But it's an example that doesn't pertain to memory at all -- in this case it's the 16-bit operations that're the attraction.) 6502-as-a-6509 is laying the groundwork. '816-as-a-6509 takes things to another level! -- JeffReceived on 2018-03-16 06:00:32
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