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by Fabio
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: CX16 General Chat
Topic: External communication with the X16 (UART, NIC, FlashAir?!)
Replies: 20
Views: 7385

Re: External communication with the X16 (UART, NIC, FlashAir?!)

I've seen on the 6502.org forum a post related to the 65SIB bus : could It be implemented in an expansion card?
The link:

http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?p=10957
by Fabio
Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:03 am
Forum: CX16 General Chat
Topic: VERA Stand-alone board
Replies: 8
Views: 5966

Re: VERA Stand-alone board

Besides the resolution discussion a vera card for the XT class machines would allow tile based games: saving a lot of work to the cpu.
And let's not forget the audio since the majority of early PCs had only a poor speaker.
by Fabio
Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:02 pm
Forum:
Topic: Possible to have a save style RPG on C64/X16
Replies: 7
Views: 2217

Possible to have a save style RPG on C64/X16


maybe he wants to play the game also on a "friend's CX 16" otherwise saving on the SD card should have no problem

by Fabio
Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:47 am
Forum: Official Announcements
Topic: Dev board updates from Kevin Williams
Replies: 24
Views: 20590

Dev board updates from Kevin Williams


regarding the fast transfer of the macptr protocol : I can't find it anywhere in the rom source code.

Which file contains it?

by Fabio
Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum:
Topic: improved IEC?
Replies: 14
Views: 4357

improved IEC?

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by Fabio
Wed Oct 26, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum:
Topic: improved IEC?
Replies: 14
Views: 4357

improved IEC?


Tecnically speaking  when CX16 listens to the bus,  which timing can be accepted by the standard protocol?

 

As a pure and odd theory could the standard protocol be made into a 2bit bus? in which the clock line works as usual but two bits are sent in the data and srq lines?

by Fabio
Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:35 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New upload: COMMANDER X16 ROM FLASH UTILITY
Replies: 7
Views: 2451

New upload: COMMANDER X16 ROM FLASH UTILITY

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by Fabio
Tue Oct 18, 2022 5:28 pm
Forum:
Topic: improved IEC?
Replies: 14
Views: 4357

improved IEC?

Yes : my question was: should we keep the standard routine or should we use an improved one? is it possible to link the SRQ line to the via? anyway I Don't think that the CX16 should consider the 1541 it's ideal disk drive because, you know, it doesn't make much sense to have more ram than disk spa...
by Fabio
Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New upload: COMMANDER X16 ROM FLASH UTILITY
Replies: 7
Views: 2451

New upload: COMMANDER X16 ROM FLASH UTILITY


upgradable ROM ? inside The CX16? ?

How does it work? if you write in the ROM area do you overwrite the flash?

by Fabio
Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:09 pm
Forum:
Topic: improved IEC?
Replies: 14
Views: 4357

improved IEC?


I have the feeling that CX16 is way too fast for  a real 1541. Maybe if we specify a more performant standard on that DIN connector it could be used for more "new retro" periPherals.

a faster port  could greatly compensate for an absence of user port too.