Master Palette |
4096, four bits each of RGB |
16,777,216, eight bits each of RGB |
8,338,608, color generation scheme unknown |
Sound Chips |
Yamaha YM2151+YM3012 DAC, 8 Channels FM Synthesis, 4 operators, 4 possible waveforms,
16 Channels Geometry Synthesis, 4 possible waveforms, 8 sets of two adjacent channels can be combined for more complex sounds.
1 channel 16-bit PCM synthesis, 48 KH maximum sample rate, 4K audio buffer |
Yamaha YM2151+YM3012 DAC
Yamaha YM2612, 6 Channels 4 operator FM Synthesis
Yamaha YMF262 (Several different modes of FM Synthesis + available 5-piece percussion set),
Texas Instruments SN76489 (3 Channels general Geometry synthesis, 1 channel sawtooth and white noise)
X2 Gideon SID Core (6 channels total geometry synthesis, multiple filter options)+ socket space on the motherboard for two physical SID replacement chips,
Red Box (CD Quality) CODEC |
X4 SID Softcores (12 Sound Channels total), two based on the original Commodore 64 version, and two based on the Commodore 128/Later 64 version, four available sockets on the motherboard for physical SID replacement chips.
Yamaha YMF278 (FM Sound Channels from YMF262+24 PCM Channels with 16-bit sampling@44KHz, based on the Yamaha YMW258-F/Sega Multi-PCM, Successor to the SegaPCM chip used in several Sega arcade games, used in the Yamaha SoundEdge PC Sound Card and the MSX Moonsound expansion cartridge)
DMagic DMA Controller can also be used to play four channel raw digital samples. |
I/O |
VGA Output, A/V Multi-out, PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse, X2 7-pin Super NES controller jacks with headers for 2 more on the motherboard for an expansion backplane, Commodore-styled User Port (electrical profile based “mainly” on the Commodore 64/128 version), SD Card Slot, X4 expansion card slots, based on the Apple II Standard |
Varies by form factor. Mid-Tower and Full Tower Backplanes have: VGA Output, A/V Multi-out, Single-Link DVI Output, PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse, X4 Each Atari CX-9, 7 Pin NES, and 7 Pin Super NES controller jacks, SD Card Slot, X4-6 expansion card slots, physical, electrical, and protocol set profile currently unknown |
VGA Output, A/V Multi-out, SCART out, X2 Atari CX-9 joystick Jacks with two extra headers on the motherboard for an expansion backplane. X2 USB 1.2 Ports, Commodore User Port (Electrical Profile based on Commodore 64/128), Commodore 64 Cartridge Slot, Commodore Floppy and Datasette ports, X1 3.5” Floppy Disc (&) |
Form Factor |
Horizontal Upright, Separate keyboard optional. Smaller form factor models projected in the future |
Choice of Bare Motherboard, Small Form Factor(roughly Intel NUC/Mac Mini sized), Keyboard Console, Mid Tower, and Full Tower |
Keyboard Console |
OS |
Kernal + Commodore DOS, GEOS GUI |
Unknown OS for 65816. Motorola 680X0 processor upgrades offered with choice of EmuTOS+FreeMINT or Microware OS/9.
x86 processor upgrades offered with DOSBox+ReactOS, ARM upgrades offered with choice of some sort of Linux distribution or OpenRISC (%) |
Kernal + Commodore DOS, GEOS GUI |
Built-in Language |
Microsoft BASIC 2.0+additional reserved words and syntax revisions to take advantage of the hardware |
Unknown BASIC interpreter Based on Commodore BASIC 2.0 |
Commodore BASIC 10.0, Mega65 BASIC 11 for Mega65 Mode. |