Re: Additional SIDs

From: Groepaz <groepaz_at_gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 23:29:39 +0100
Message-Id: <201112012329.39970.groepaz@gmx.net>
On Thursday 01 December 2011, you wrote:
> 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? 
yes

> And where does the 1541 emulation
> come from? 1541U?
no, the 1541 was (just like everything else) done by peter

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