Minimal 64 Home Computer: Emulator Release!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Here is my take on 80's home computer magic. I introduce my design of a "dream home computer", the Minimal 64. To me its the most computer from the least logic or the shortest way from TTL to Space Invaders. In this episode I showcase my breadboard prototype and do some native programming in the Python-like language MIN. Have fun!
Minimal 64 GitHub Repository:
github.com/slu...
Minimal 64 Reference Manual:
docs.google.co...
Absoluter Wahnsinn was du da aus dem Boden gestampft hast. Ich freu mich so auf deine nächsten Folgen. Weiter so ! *thumbs up
Danke, freut mich, dass du weiter dabei bist.
Never cease to be impressed by your project. Not only have you made an entire computer, you have the emulator and the language! Soon I hope you share how we can build one. Or will there be another revision before then?
So far as I can see this revision is it. Haven't found any issues. But you never know. The schematics will soon be released.
You have done an impressive job, building the entire stack!
Very satisfying understanding it all so well to build it, your inner child is no doubt blown away by your magical powers 😄
🤗I confess, all this was haunting me a bit...
Very nice!
Impressive!
I think the expansion port in the upper left corner can be closer to the edge, and the straight female can be replaced with a 90-degree bent IDC socket or pin header, so that the extended device can be connected to the Minimal 64 horizontally. (more similar to C64)
Hm, you are right. I was thinking along the line: Vertical pin headers allow for stacking, i. e. for using multiple expansions at the same time.
@@slu467 Using 90° pin headers can be more convenient to connect card slot modules with multiple pin headers, and can also connect multiple modules, and it seems to be more stable than direct vertical connections (like RC2014). I don't think it's a good idea to overlap the VGA module directly on the PCB like the Minimal UART CPU, because then it will be obvious that the center of gravity of the VGA module is not stable.
My son and I are looking for a diy electronics project for the summer I think this is a great idea
Glad to hear that. PCB layout will be coming soon :-)
@Slu4: please check the acccess-right for the Reference-Manual ;)
Hi Guido, thanks for pointing this out. Now it should be visible ;-)
@@slu467 Yes it is ;)
Genius
Amazing!!!
en case anybody wants to know, I did manage to get the emulator to work under linux using WINE. I am running KDE/Debian (Q4OS) Latest version.
Hi David,
this is good news for Linux users. Thanks for looking into this!
Cool! Was für Kabel verwendest du da auf dem Breadboard? Die sehen nicht aus wie die billigen Chinateile - wo gibts die zu kaufen?
Hi, etwas hiervon und etwas davon. Wichtig sind gute breadboards. Ich kaufe die nur bei ausgewiesenen Elektronik-Shops. Hatte früher viel Mist von Billiganbietern... dann geht das nicht, so ein Prototyp aus 12 breadboards mit 8MHz. Außerdem empfehle ich 5,5V statt 5V Versorgungsspannung. Dann sind Übergangswiderstände nicht so das Problem ;-)
I downloaded the emulator to give it a try. But when I start it, it just flashes on the screen and will not start. I'm running windows 10. Any ideas?
If you have trouble launching the Windows emulator on your system/graphics card, you can check out the 'Processing/Java' version - or the online version running in your browser.