Yes, I spoke briefly with Jens Sch?nfeld last year at BITL in Stockholm. And asked about the chameleon, he did not want to make any promises asked me to get back. I did and got this reply in October: -------------------------------------------------------------------- The new prototype has just been finished half a day ago, but the bring-up will probably still take another six weeks. I doubt that we'll make it before xmas, as I have another huge project (outside the retro-world) in the works. Specs of Chameleon have improved in the meantime: IR reciever for CDTV remote control, PS2 mouse, PS2 keyboard, stand-alone mode without a C64, stereo-audio output, realtime clock and a debug-interface that I'll announce sometime in november, when the new prototype has been fully tested. The project got HUGE, and I have even hired an additional programmer to take care of internal details. Use-cases of the hardware have also improved a lot, it's something like the "ultimate FPGA platform" where we can even run other computers on (that's why I have added more connectors, using a taylor-made cable harness). We may start beta-testing with selected customers before xmas, but that requires "no surprises during prototype testing". I got a lot of feedback from German C64 users that the price of 219,- EUR is a bit high, so the improvements were always implemented with the target to also reduce cost. One prime target has been reached already: We will stay below the psycological 199,- EUR barrier (price including German sales tax of 19%). If you are active in some C64 forum where Chameleon is discussed, feel free to distribute this information and the pictures with reference to this eMail. ciao, -- Jens Sch?nfeld -------------------------------------------------------------------- The images he refers to are here: http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/proto_bottomview.jpg http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/proto_sideview.jpg http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/proto_topview.jpg I mailed him once again and in April this year I got this: -------------------------------------------------------------------- You're writing just-in-time, as we have reached a goal yesterday afternoon: The current prototype was launched "without life support", meaning that a cold-start was made, only using the Chameleon's resources. Taking the prototype off the JTAG and logic analyzer connections was the last step before finalizing the PCB and getting it into production. There's hope for a start of the beta-phase in june of this year. ciao, -- Jens Sch?nfeld -------------------------------------------------------------------- So, I'm hoping for a release this year. I'm getting one! Cheers, Pontus.