Vulcan-74: A 6502 Retro MegaProject

[Chuckt]

Fastforward to 1:08 for animation

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2015/08/ ... gaproject/

[brad]

That is just fantastic!

I still simply do not have the underlying knowledge to construct something like that. Just check out the amazingly smooth 3D animations going on with that monitor!

[Chuckt]

It is just mind boggling that someone could pull that off and it is only 50% complete. I suppose they could have used a better processor and built it on a grander scale.

On another board, someone commented that in the 80's, chips were limited by the number of pins and sharing memory. The number of chips you had was limited by cost.

One of the things they see is separate memories for sprites and playfields.

One of the problems is: How do you miniaturize this? I guess if you find a chip maker, some of these ideas could possibly be put on a chip.

[Chuckt]

That is just fantastic!

I still simply do not have the underlying knowledge to construct something like that. Just check out the amazingly smooth 3D animations going on with that monitor!

I think everyone must have missed it because a lot of people were on vacation.

http://hackaday.com/2015/08/11/vulcan-7 ... ore-165099

I think there will eventually be a write up. The second comment says:

I will be doing a dedicated website for this system, which will include schematics, PCB files, and a downloadable 300-400 page book on how every single part of the system works.

I will also include many source codes for games and demos.

[brad]

I guess you could miniaturise it all by using an FPGA perhaps since there have been people in the past who have emulated a complete Amiga system on an FPGA

[Radical Brad]

4 years later, and Vulcan-74 springs back to life!
This time it will be twice as "retro" and 4 times as large.
... and built by another dude named Brad, what are the odds?

https://www.atomiczombie.com/vulcan-74

Cheers!
Radcial Brad

[Garth]

Brad, how nice to see you here! There are a few 6502.org members here as well. Two who immediately come to mind are BigEd and Dr Jefyll (Jeff Laughton). I don't know how often they check in. This forum used to be more active, apparently when Brad Slattery (the owner) was having his students post projects and questions here, which he is not doing at the moment. That's my understanding anyway. Hopefully it will come back to life.

[Radical Brad]

Thanks, I will have to keep it bookmarked for sure!
I will post any updates I manage to do on my huge project as I get time on it.

I really am starting over on Vulcan-74, and expect it to take a few years to complete again.

The old (small) test version...



Where I am now...



Brad

Brad, how nice to see you here! There are a few 6502.org members here as well. Two who immediately come to mind are BigEd and Dr Jefyll (Jeff Laughton). I don't know how often they check in. This forum used to be more active, apparently when Brad Slattery (the owner) was having his students post projects and questions here, which he is not doing at the moment. That's my understanding anyway. Hopefully it will come back to life.

[brad]

Hi Brad and Garth.

Unfortunately this forum is no longer the thriving community that it used to be. However this is certainly due mostly to my commitments changing. I haven't worked on any electronic projects in quite a few months now - with my latest completed project being the Digirule2 back in April 2018...

One day I hope to get back into my electronics hobby, but with five kids, a busy full-time job, house renovations, basketball coaching and Taekwondo (and spending time with my wife of course...) I just haven't had time for my site or projects. One day i'll be back though

However the topic of this forum is all about your project which is absolutely fantastic I must say. I am a huge fan of homebrew CPU's and computers and your latest iteration uses an incredible amount of breadboards - even the old 'small' version is huge! I'll post a link to your site on my homepage (hopefully tonight when I get home from work). I certainly look forward to seeing the progress - be sure to keep us updated here in the forum