Hi from the Netherlands (X16 VERA Designer)

Frank van den Hoef · Post by **Frank van den Hoef** » Wed May 20, 2020 4:58 am

Hello all,

My name is Frank van den Hoef and I am responsible for the design of the VERA module (the audio, video and storage hardware module), which is part of the Commander X16.

visrealm · Post by **visrealm** » Wed May 20, 2020 5:27 am

Great stuff, Frank.

I've only been playing around with it for a week or so. Seems to work really well (in the Emulator at least).

Easy to use. ?

Really looking forward to getting my hands on one when they're available for general consumption.

Cheers

Troy

Exabyte · Post by **Exabyte** » Wed May 20, 2020 8:45 am

Oh that's awesome! Keep up the great work.

rje · Post by **rje** » Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:47 pm

Thank you for VERA!

Kilian Hekhuis · Post by **Kilian Hekhuis** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:20 pm

Hi Frank, nice to see a fellow Dutchman involved in this project. Some day I might have some technical questions concerning the FPGA code ?

JohnGill · Post by **JohnGill** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:41 pm

Great job with the Vera Frank. Thanks for all your hard work getting this project its visuals (and some sounds!!)

scott.l.baker · Post by **scott.l.baker** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:36 pm

Hi Frank, Are the VERA board schematics and Verilog code going to be available as open source? Thanks,

Frank van den Hoef · Post by **Frank van den Hoef** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 4:33 am

Eventually probably yes. But don't expect this until the system has been released and on the market for some while.

Matej · Post by **Matej** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:04 am

Thank You for VERA. Can It be ported to Commodore64 and Atari800? Its amazing chip!

Kilian Hekhuis · Post by **Kilian Hekhuis** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:15 am

Thank You for VERA. Can It be ported to Commodore64 and Atari800? Its amazing chip!

That depends on what you'd call "ported". It's already been stated there's a C64 version (for testing) and that there may be an official release later, iirc. I'm not sure about the feasibility for an Atari, depends on whether it has a compatible expansion connector.