Make a $12 C64! (Beating a dead horse!)

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Zane" == Zane H Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:

 Zane> At 12:10 PM -0700 8/5/08, Christian Liendo wrote:
 >> Ethernet hardware/software for the C64
 >> http://home.ica.net/~leifb/commodore/ethernet.html
 >> 
 >> I just think that this would be a quicker solution.
 >> 
 >> Or everyone can donate their C64s, but I doubt the power supplies
 >> will survive.

 Zane> Ethernet would seriously add to the cost of such a device.

These days, Ethernet is just a small corner of a modest FPGA.  It
might even be free (see www.opencores.org).  Ditto for video, if the
resolution isn't too high.

In fact you can put a mainframe (including a modest amount of main
memory) onto a decent FPGA without pushing hard.

	   paul