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- From: jlb31348@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Brain)
- Subject: Re: Possible projects for the 64
- References: <Bz82Bx.16o@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec13.183545.12898@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 02:00:29 GMT
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- kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
-
- >In article <Bz82Bx.16o@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jlb31348@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Brain) writes:
- >>Just wanted to get some input:
- >>
- >>I have though about some cool (I think) prjects for the 64. It has been a while
- >>since I had mine up and running, but more time next semester has led me to ask:
- >>What do think about ...
- >>
- >>A cheap input/output board for the 64? (How cheap and what specs do ya want)
-
- >Now that Schnedler Systems has died and stopped selling theirs, that might
- >be useful.
-
-
- I could make one for any computer pretty cheaply.
- >>LCD interface for the 64 ? (640*200*4 gray scales)
- >>Multi CPU network ?
-
- >Good hack value. :-)
- Well, I have all these Commodore 64 lying around.
-
- >>Interface to the IBM
- >>Intercface to the MAC
-
- >RS-232? What else did you have in mind?
-
- Well, maybe a parallel interface that would be faster.
-
- >>C64 Emulator for Windows in IBM ?
-
- >Nah... all the best programs for the 64 (i.e., GEOS, good games) tend to
- >really bang the hardware HARD, and you'd have to emulate the 1541 too.
- >Lots of work, not much to be gained.
-
- Well, I still like the 64, and a window in Windows would be cool ?
- Maybe, I will work on this myself...
-
- >>LAPTOP 64?
-
- >I think a PCMCIA 64 would be really cool.
-
- Well, that could be arranged. I was thinking about this: c64 motherboard,
- 64 keyboard, LCD screen, REAL 9600 bps modem port. REAL parallel port. mouse
- port. batteries, and PMCIA card with a RAm Drive, and connector for 1581 or
- '41.
-
- >>IBM keyboard interface (I know, Joel Kolstad already di one, but I never got
- >>the source for the 8751 chip)
-
- >Actually, mine was for the 8748. 8751's are a lot nicer to program, but
- >cost more. If you do one, let it work with AT keyboards and C-128's --
- >there was a lot of demand for this, but I don't have a 128.
-
- Sorry, 8748. Can you send me the source for the '48. I got the plans from
- you last year, but no source. I was thinking of using a Motorola HC11.
-
- >>Color for the PET series (and bitmapped graphics) ?
-
- >Interface a SuperVGA card... not too hard. :-)
- Nope, not that good!
-
- >>Serial port for the PETs ?
- >>Anything for the PETS ?
- >>Anything for the C16 ?
- >>Anything for the +4
- >>VIC to 64 hookup of some kind ?
-
- >Interesting.
- Well, it is a start
-
- > ---Joel Kolstad
- --
- Jim Brain "If you build it, they will come."
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