5 Aug
2008
5 Aug
'08
12:51 p.m.
>>>> "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