C64/C128 CP/M Cartridge Interest?

Cameron Kaiser spectre at floodgap.com
Sun Dec 26 21:52:33 CST 2010


> > Now you're talking!  I suspect you'd have considerably more commercial 
> > success with a reissue of the SuperCPU.  If you use an actual WDC 
> > 65816 with verilog-based FPGA glue logic it should be a relatively 
> > straightforward job.  With a large enough FPGA, you might well be able 
> > to synthesize both the 65816 and a Z80.  I suspect the latter approach 
> > might be cheaper in the long run.
>
> I have already purchased a Digilent board with an XC3S1200, the next to 
> largest Spartan 3E in production.  If the design can fit on 1 or 2 of 
> those units (or the 1600s), I can make the system viable at a reasonable 
> cost.  I am in the process of obtaining the necessary rights to the 
> SuperCPU design from the initial developer, but the actual design is no 
> longer cost effective.  It would need to be virtualized into FPGA to be 
> viable.

*saves pennies*

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