MEGA65 FPGA-based Commodore 65 remake: http://mega65.org/
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm probably dreaming, but is anyone aware of DIY efforts or business > ventures aiming to reproduce a classic micro or "next-gen" classic micro? > I have seen a lot of efforts, but only one quite like that (the Altair 680 > project nails it). I'm just thinking that with 3D printers and FPGA > hardware emulation it's probably not as hard as it once was. > > Here are some similar efforts I'm already aware of. > > Project BreadBox (dead) > > http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47834&sid=ae3e721d8d800cbe5d6b003afe70d79b > > The truly kick ass MIST. A nice clone of several systems implemented in > FPGA, but design wise, it's a shabby little metal box. I have one and I > think it really rocks. I just wish there were more cases and accessories. > http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=96 > > The Firebee ST clone project > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Coldfire_Project > > The C64 Joystick clone > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV > > Commodore.net used to sell PeeCee C64 and Amiga look-a-like clones > dead link: http://www.commodore.net > > The C-One. A FPGA board to emulate the C64, again no case. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-One > > The awesome Altair 680 kit that appears to be a very complete clone of the > system. It comes with a case et al. > http://www.altair680kit.com/ > > A bunch of PDP-X replicas in FPGAs with various degrees of usefulness > http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp_fpga.html > > These guys are trying to build a NEW Amiga with backward compatibility. > Sounds like a wonderful project. They seem to be pretty far along with > many prototype boards built. FPGA guts with a real 060' for CPU! They > never seem to have made boards for sale, though, and there was no effort > toward a complete system design (case, keyboards, etc...). The last noise > they made seems to be in 2007. > http://www.natami.net/ > > For consoles there are plenty of clones: > http://segaretro.org/Unlicensed_Mega_Drive_clones > > https://www.amazon.com/Hyperkin-Retron-System-GENESIS-Nintendo-Entertainment/dp/B003O3EFY2 > > Then there is the Cray1 remake > http://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/ > > -Swift > -- Eric Christopherson
