Reproduction micros

[Rod Smallwood]

Well I could do front and back panels. In fact anything that needs silk screening.
Rod (Panelman) Smallwood


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> On 12 Jul 2016, at 17:02, Swift Griggs <swiftgriggs at 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