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[CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi

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From the «sprite magic» department:
Title: An Emulated Commodore 64 Operating System for the Raspberry Pi
Author: Bil Herd
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:01:42 -0400
Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/k3iHgZ6Iu_4/
Podcast Download URL: http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/commodore-pi.jpg?w=300

[image 2][1]

It’s no secret that Commodore users love their old machines with the
Commodore C64 being chief among them with 27 Million units sold worldwide.
Speaking as a former Commodore Business Machines (CBM) engineer the real
surprise for us is the ongoing interest and devotion to an era typified by
lumbering 8 bit machines and a color palette consisting of 16 colors. Come to
think about it, that’s the description of Minecraft!

Jump forward to today and it’s a generation later. We find that the number of
working units is diminishing as age and the laws of entropy and physics take
their toll.

Enter the Commodore Pi[1], an emulated Commodore 64[3] operating system for
the Raspberry Pi. The goals of the project include an HDMI and composite
compatible video output, SID based sound, Sprites and other notable Commodore
features. They also plan to have hooks for more modern technology to include
Ethernet, GPIO and expansion RAM.

A video demo of the emulator can be found below. If you’re just warming up to
the Commodore[4] world, you’ll definitely want to know the real story behind
the C128[5].

Thanks to [Terry Fisher[6]], head of PCB development at Commodore Business
Machines [4]for the lead.

Filed under: Raspberry Pi[7][image 8][image 9][image 10]

Links:
[1]: http://www.commodorepi.co.nr/ (link)
[2]: http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/commodore-pi.jpg?w=456&h=275 (image)
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 (link)
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International (link)
[5]: http://hackaday.com/2013/12/09/guest-post-the-real-story-of-hacking-together-the-commodore-c128/ (link)
[6]: http://www.fisherpcb.com (link)
[7]: http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hackadaycom.wordpress.com/119154/ (link)
[8]: http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hackadaycom.wordpress.com/119154/ (image)
[9]: http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hackaday.com&blog=4779443&post=119154&subd=hackadaycom&ref=&feed=1 (image)
[10]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~4/k3iHgZ6Iu_4 (image)

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[CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-10 09:18 +0000
  Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-04-10 12:16 +0100
    Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-10 11:43 +0000
    Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-04-10 20:40 +0000
      Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-04-10 16:22 -0500
        Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-04-15 20:56 +0000
      Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-11 18:53 +1200
        Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi Anthony Lawther <alawther@spammenot.mac.com> - 2014-04-12 03:44 +0000
          Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-12 18:48 +1200
            Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-12 18:52 +1200
    Re: [CM] Commodore Pi: C64 emulator on your Raspberry Pi RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-12 15:16 +0000

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