[HN Gopher] SidecarT - Atari ST/STE/Mega Cartridge Emulator on R...
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SidecarT - Atari ST/STE/Mega Cartridge Emulator on Raspberry Pi
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Author : nynyny7
Score : 29 points
Date : 2023-12-02 14:35 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (sidecartridge.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (sidecartridge.com)
| cmrdporcupine wrote:
| Such a major bummer that Atari restricted cartridge sizes to
| 128kB (not enough address lines for more). Really limits what can
| be done with that interface. Can't even hold a new TOS ROM
| (192kB).
| alexisread wrote:
| Agreed, better to have been a full mega expansion bus as a
| cartridge port, to upgrade ram/cpu/graphics etc.
|
| Would have also liked the blitter socket in every machine from
| the start (for a T212), Amy or at least a pwm on the dma,
| stereo output and low byte addressing for the video.
| cmrdporcupine wrote:
| Yeah they really cut corners on the first couple generations
| that came out. RAM expansion was a PITA, and even though they
| knew they wanted to do the blitter later, they never made
| room for it.
|
| But Tramiel never understood or cared about building a
| platform or backward/forward compatibility. It was about
| moving product out at rock bottom price and moving on. It was
| only once his sons started taking on more of the business
| that they made (some) smarter moves.
|
| The first generation Mega ST was actually an amazing computer
| though. High quality mechanical key switch keyboard. Internal
| expansion bus, but still a compact form factor. The MegaSTe
| was more powerful, and did the VMEbus thing, but cut corners
| on quality.
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