Reproduction micros

On Jul 12, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Kurt K <kurtk7 at centurylink.net> wrote: I haven't heard of these projects. Do you have a larger list of projects that exist? > On Jul 12, 2016, at 11:41 AM, "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote: > > There is an on-going CoCo 3 in FPGA. > > http://www.brianholman.com/retrocompute/files/coco3fpga.html > > Spectrum III > > http://www.mike-stirling.com/retro-fpga/zx-spectrum-on-an-fpga/comment-page- > 1/ > > but lots more about > > Dave > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Swift >> Griggs >> Sent: 12 July 2016 17:02 >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >> Subject: Reproduction micros >> >> >> 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=ae3e721d8d >> 800cbe5d6b003afe70d79b >> >> 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 >