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Tulip Computers C64 Direct-to-TV (C64DTV) Boxed

 C64 Direct-to-TV (C64DTV)

Autopsy:

Cliccando qui potete vedere l’hack che ho fatto sul mio dtv (Direct-to-TV).

testo tratto dalla Homepage di Wikipedia:

Il Commodore 64 DTV (dove “DTV” sta per “Direct-to-TV”) è una console per videogiochi prodotta ai giorni nostri (primi anni 2000) da Tulip BV. La console è tutta “contenuta” nel “joystick” e contiene “built-in” 30 videogiochi classici.

È possibile anche effettuare hacking vari che ne rendono addirittura possibile la connessione ad una tastiera PS2 e ad un drive 1541-compatibile. Al suo interno vi è un unico circuito integrato ASIC funzionante internamente a 32 MHz, che emula la CPU 6510, il VIC-II, il SID, il CIA, ed il PLA

Specifiche Hardware:

Core circuity:

  • ASIC running at 32 MHz internally, implementing 6510 CPU, VIC-II, SID, CIA, and PLA

Casing/Connectors:

  • Integrated in a Joystick (as if connected to port 2 of a real C64)
  • Five additional buttons (acting like keys)
  • Running from batteries only (four AA batteries)
  • Composite Video, monaural audio (RCA connectors)
  • Looks similar to a Competition Pro joystick

Graphics:

  • NTSC (DTV2 and later: NTSC/PAL on chip, only PAL wired in end-market devices)
  • Reprogrammable palette with 4 bits of luma and 4 bits of chroma
  • DTV2 and later: “chunky” 256 color mode, additional blitter for fast image transformation

Sound:

  • No support for SID filters
  • DTV2 and later: 8 bit digital sound, additional options for envelope generators

Memory:   

  • DTV1: 128 KB RAM, 2 MB ROM
  • DTV2 and later: 2 MB RAM, 2 MB flash memory
  • DMA engine for RAM/RAM and ROM/RAM transfers
  • DTV2 and later: additional RAM access using bank switching and blitter

CPU:

  • Implementing a 6510 at 1 MHz
  • DTV2 and later: Enhanced CPU (fast/burst mode, additional registers and opcodes, support for illegal ops of the 6510)

source: wikipedia dtvhacking.retrosafe.com

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