Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 on-a-Chip new site From: "Carlos Lopez" <carlosflr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:03:41 -0500 |
> I had had some ideas that would, I think, not take a whole lot of > silicon or discrete components and would make it a device I'd be more > likely to use. > > a) RS-232 interface, so we could download a game from our PCs rather > than simply loading it via the cartridge slot; this would also take > a bit of logic to recognize the different bankswitching formats and > implement them, but not a whole lot. The Cuttle Cart does this. > b) A/D converter and audio interface. Same argument, but for > Supercharger games and/or WAV/MP3 versions of games. Again, done by > the Cuttle Cart. > c) Built-in "Cheetah"-like functionality. Look at Bob Colbert's pages. > Basically, once you've loaded a game, zap the bytes in it to modify > its behavior; kind of a tiny hex editor written in 6502 assembly, > letting you modify the memory contents. If either a or b is > implemented, it's really not necessary, but it's a cool hack. > d) Composite video out, stereo audio out. It looks like you're already > planning this. > e) Multicart support. RAM is pretty cheap. A smallish interface that > let you load multiple games into RAM (with a or b above) and then > select among them would make this design a little more useful when > divorced from a VCS cartridge library. > f) Some sort of mechanism for debugging. Since all the VCS hardware is > emulated anyway, it seems like it shouldn't be that hard to > externalize some interface to it for the use of homebrewers who > want, effectively, a VCS hardware debugger. I haven't given much > thought to this, so I might just be babbling. It really would be interesting to include this and other features in the design. I hope I have enough free time to finish it soon!!! Carlos Lopez ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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