Re: Three chip 6502 machine

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:12:34 +0100
Message-ID: <etPan.52fce0e2.74b0dc51.34d5@szaman.lan>
On 2014-02-13 at 14:32:42, Gerrit Heitsch (gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de) wrote:

> >> Another clever hack, I wonder how well it can play the part of  
> a 64.
> >> http://hackaday.com/2014/02/12/the-three-chip-retrocomputer/  
> >
> > That is an interesting stuff. But why RAM, cannot the PIC emulate  
> RAM too? ;-)
>  
> Does it have 64KB?

Yes, of Flash.. :-)

> I have kind of mixed feelings about that project. On one side it's 
> neat,
> on the other, if you go retro, why not do it right and use old hardware?  
> It's not as if there is a shortage of generic 65xx parts.

That’s been done more than once. Not so much fun, I guess.

I wrote once elsewhere (on a newsgroup AFAIR) that some people (including myself) find a kind of kinky pleasure in turning modern Megs’n Gigs into mere servants for the humble Breadbox ;-)

For me this project fits on the verge of this category.

--  
SD!

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