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I was really impressed with the music capabilities demonstrated by the C64 demo. Was the original C64 able to create that sound, or are there some enhancements?

I forgot I ordered the mega 65, that’s how long I’ve been waiting for it to arrive.

Excellent video and thanks for the DIP switch tip!

I enjoyed every part of this video. Mandelbrot was one of my favorite things when I bought my first 32 bit computer; a Mac II in 1987. It had a 68020 with a 68881 math co-processor. I’m learning so much from your videos. I am getting more and more excited about receiving my MEGA65 someday :-)

Any newer progress on this?

Has anyone thought of building a new version of the MEGA65 that runs a TMS99105A which is a 16 bit processor that just happens to have hardware floating point processing which could make for a very fast PC.

If only the MEGA65 had been fitted with a VGA adapter so you could have real photographic images.

Helpful video, thank you!!

Brill content.TY!

This is absolutely fantastic! Obviously I would want all the functionality of the MiSTer but that won't ever be possible (perhaps a sub-set...) It would be great to have any of the 68k machines (Amiga, ST, Macintosh, Sun workstation...) It would be splendid to have DOS! Perhaps even something like a 386 with co-processor and run Windows 95... 😁

Will there ever be a 32bit version of this machine or for that matter a 64bit version that can also emulate the IBM PC or AMSTRAD PC1512.

Maybe it might be possible to create a replacement for the MOS6510 using a FPGA.

Thank you very much Olivier, once again you provide us with an exceptional video, always so clear and practical. I know that windows is not your favorite operating system but you still take the time to describe us step by step all the methodology and tools. I am very grateful to you for investing so much time in this project to allow us to enjoy it all!

I'm also blown away by the flasher improvement, really nice job !

wow, this is the video i was looking for. What a fantastic effort to push us to test this Batch2 release build. Though I'm on windows, i now feel comfortable to move on. Thank you so much for this new great video and for all the time you dedicate for this. it's really worth the effort. It's super clear, you did it again :)

Thank you so much for the hardware enlighten. Still, I have my reoccurring dream. I keep wondering about Commodore’s other line of 8-bit computers based upon the MOS 6502 derivatives. I keep pondering of the concept, what if via FPGA, one could implement a set of multiple predefined memory maps? Kind of like implementing a version of the VICE Commodore emulator on a FPGA. Though the twist, would be, that the device, would first boot up to blank GUI interface which outputs to a HDMI 1080p (1920 x 1080 resolution) output. As such, a VIC II video chip or an 8563 Video Display Controller (VDC) is emulated and shows up as either a 320 X 200 or 640 x 200 window on the HDMI display. Basically, a simple a right clink on the default blank screen, brinks a up short menu as to open/spawn 64K virtual address space, mapped to the choice of predefined memory maps. In essences, it's these virtual address space emulates (to some degree) either a C64, C128, the various Pet computer or even a CBM-II B128 computer. Ideally, I would like a built in CBM-488 and CBM PET IEEE buss.

While floor planning like this can produce more consistent timing, you really should write the timing constraints to get consistent behaviour on things like the hyperbus. I've written a HyperRAM interface in about 200 cells for the Gowin GW1NR-9, where I did that timing by explicit instances of 4-bit SERDES IO blocks (one of which has an IODELAY on the clock), but without locking things in IOB hard function blocks what you need is relating the real world delays to the clocks. It's what SDC (synopsys design constraint) files are for. Once you have timing constraints in place the static timing analysis can report if it fails, and the timing driven place and route can try to get it right. The floor planning constraint reduces the temptation to do long paths, but doesn't tell the tool why they're wrong. HyperRAM can be a tricky beast. For one thing, the delay from clock to read data output isn't specified, but should ideally be measured at startup. That's probably part of why this HyperRAM controller is so large. Other parts might include totally redundant things like pipelined buffers. But the really significant part is if the IO registers aren't packed properly.

Another very instructive video! Thank you very much for this clear presentation, for taking the time to popularize for the common man, I spend each time a wonderful moment, and I always look forward to the next video. Thank you very much for all this energy and involvement in the development of our favorite computer!

Brilliant !

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

That was quite interesting. Thanks! I guess one of those critical warnings that Vivado reports during build was about the mismatch between the MAX10/max10 netlist reference in the block placement code ;-)

You made it again ! Thanks a lot for supporting all available OS !!!

Thx for another useful video Oliver.

I tried this program on the Dragon 32 emulated using XRoar. It took over a minute in BASIC.

Great, but - Why is this useful? Are there board revisions coming or is this purely educational?

I hope never to have the need to remove the board, but good to see how it works. Thank you!

The extended instruction set prefix puzzle has happened before. In the x86 architecture, many prefixes are formerly strange instructions, such as pop cs which would only alter the high bits of the instruction pointer. Another approach is to use a flag to switch instruction sets, like how x86 switched between 16 and 32 bit modes, or ARM switches to Thumb (reusing the bit that would do misaligned calls).

cdrburner not poss?

Oliver, that’s fantastic! It’s great to see the paddle working nicely with Arkanoid - the way it should be played - on the MEGA65 with C64 core. It should either be played with a paddle, or with an arcade-style spinner - given there's no commercially available DB9 spinners, then a paddle’s the way to go!

Thank you, Oliver - great video!

Great stuff again. Thank you Oliver!

Hi, Wieder ein tolles Video über den Mega65. Wenn das ganze jetzt noch in Deutsch wäre oder zumindest mit deutschem Untertitel wäre es spitze. Ich glaube dass es mehr Leute gibt die das gut finden würden. Dankeschön weiter so. LG Thorsten

do you know how to fix this error when using windows? $ ./make-toolchain.sh error: unsupported OS type: msys

Should we not install "2022.1 Full Product Installation"? Any reason we should be getting 2019.2?

Thanks for the tutorials series!

Great stuff! I'm really looking forward to the following videos.

I can't believe it, you never stop producing Super High Quality tutorials !!!! Thanks a lot for all this time you dedicate to us :)

Love these tutorial videos. Please keep them coming!

This is a very educational video. Nice didactics and great for beginners as well as for advanced learners. Plus this video and the whole tutorial playlist is a true "must see" for every MEGA65 fan who ever wondered how these beautiful MiSTer cores find their way to the MEGA65 🙂

This Tutorial explains how to install Vivado on Linux. It does not matter if you use it afterwards for the M2M Framework, for building MEGA65 cores, or for something totally different.

Hello Oliver, thanks for your great video...What can you do if the core doesn't work...I have the "blue light" problem....I tried the core with the identifier 100 MHz...I did no longer see the "blue light", it does not start... what can be the reason? Greetings Danny

This is excellent stuff. Really great video.

Great job, Oliver!

"Oliver to the rescue" AWESOME ! Thanks a lot for all the personal time you take to make these great videos :)

Yes! I've been waiting for a step-by-step.

I got my Mega65 2 days ago. Ths tutorial was so helpful. Thank you. ps I'm loving this computer.

Did have the Mega 65 a audio Out ?

The second they order an Amiga core, I'm in :-)

I followed all the steps, and the M65DEV core works fine. But if I select the C64 core in the cores menu while booting, the screen just goes black and the Power and Drive LED's alternate flashing blue. Yet there were no error messages while installing the core. Any ideas?

Hallo Oliver, tolles Video.Ich habe auch einen Mega, bin aber noch nicht so mit ihm vertraut. Leider ist mein Englisch nicht so gut. Kannst du das oder weitere Videos in oder auch in Deutsch hochladen? Würden bestimmt mehrere Leute interessieren. Dankeschön im Voraus LG