Usbsid-Pico: Bridging Real Commodore 64 Sound to Modern USB

(smallrun.net)

22 points | by LouDNL 3 days ago ago

9 comments

  • orphea 3 days ago ago

    > So -O3 isn't a "nice-to-have" for this firmware; it's load-bearing.

    Lmao, this is a good one!

    > Here's a picture of my cat :-)

    Come on, this is cheating! Okay, fine, here's my upvote :-P

    Awesome post, thanks for sharing your journey. I was making a similar project but I put it aside and didn't finish it. I couldn't get any real SID chip as they cost a small fortune each, even if you can find one for purchase. I bought [1] as sort of a replacement. The sound was quite nice.

    [1]: https://www.nobomi.cz/8bit/armsid/index_en.php

    • LouDNL 2 days ago ago

      Thanks for the compliment! Why did you stop your project? I have some diy kits for the 1.3 board available in my shop if you're interested. I actually own the ARMSID and an ARM2SID.

      • orphea 2 days ago ago

        I did make it play one pre-uploaded track, then I started to think about all the improvements I could make, like reading an SD card, adding a display with a menu, control buttons, a web interface to drag-and-drop and play tracks, etc. Basically, analysis paralysis. I'm still learning how not to do that to myself.

        Here it is, biding its time :) https://imgur.com/a/vvHpyS8

        • LouDNL a day ago ago

          Nice! The setup looks a lot like esp32-sidview. Are you also using hc595?

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  • byako 3 days ago ago

    my commodore 64 finally speaks usb. now if only it could tell me where i left my 1994 save game. awesome project

    • LouDNL 3 days ago ago

      Thanks! Maybe it's on one of the floppies I have here?

  • lstodd 3 days ago ago

    Spy vs Spy touch is very nice. Thank you.

    • LouDNL 3 days ago ago

      Thank you, they are most definitely my favorite!