As promised in Part 27, I’ve finished a new build of the CPC2 hardware. Here are the board layouts as rendered by OshPark , and if you’re interested, I’ve shared the project.
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Retro CPC Dongle – Part 24
Well, my capture card arrived! No more shaky video. Here’s the current state of my CPC2.0. I’ve faked a keyboard to type in |m,1 to start the Arnor disassembler.
Retro CPC Dongle – Part 23.1
Recognise this screen? It’s a little distorted, but it’s getting there!
I managed to create the ‘hardware shim’ that would allow the Verilog RTL to run on my new DE10-Nano. This is the first output from the RTL image. A few problems, but promising!
Retro CPC Dongle – Part 22
The screen shot below says it all. Yay! Video output from the CPC2.0!
I promised myself that I wouldn’t post those shaky photos/videos that people seem to post of their game/emulator/screen. Unfortunately, at this time a photo of the screen is the best I can do. Longer term, I’ll get a HDMI capture card from eBay and capture the screens properly, but for now this will have to do as proof of success! Colour bars. Continue reading
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