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Shadow
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 355 |
1541U or Chameleon?
So when I was at LCP2011 I saw that many were running 1541U:s, and even the compo entries were ran from one, so it seems like it's been a established hardware.
So I'm looking into getting one. But then I started reading about the Chameleon, which seems to promise to do almost the same, plus even more.
As the Chameleon is still seems to be in beta stages, I guess it's not easy to get any info on whether it's a better choice or not, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
1541U users though I guess there will be plenty of here, so let me ask you - how's compatibility? Does older trackloading demos run? What about disk-swapping, how many multidisk demos survive the freeze-switch-disk-resume cycle? |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646 |
MrSID is correct of course. Still, there are also cartridge port expanders out there that might help (depending a little on which hardware you need to connect at the same time as the 1541U) if this is really immportant to you... |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3047 |
STandalone mode? You mean it was possible to have 1541U plugged only by serial cable (working like disc drive emulator?) sounds very cool. |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
Yes, I still use this mode a lot when flashing .crt files onto my EasyFlash. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
"I believe the 1541U2 are more accurate, because it is connected to the serial port"
you can connect chameleon like that aswell if you want |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646 |
I have to say that I don't understand how the Chameleon could provide "Stereo SID chip emulation (at 1 Mhz sample rate, very clean sound with no aliasing!)" when being in standalone mode. It says it does on this page:
http://www.syntiac.com/chameleon.html
How the hell do you write to a SID that is not connected to the C64 (other than through the serial cable I suppose)? :)
//FTC |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
what? standalone mode. ie, no c64 connected. it then emulates a complete c64, including (stereo) sid. |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646 |
oh.. that sort of standalone mode. :)
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086 |
my problem with the chameleon is that it would feel like I've plugged a c64 into my chameleon and not vica versa. Whats the point ? It can be a standalone c64 anyway, so why ? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
why not? :) personally i prefer the real c64 keyboard anytime, thats enough of a reason for me :) some might even like that then they can hear a real sid. or that they can use joysticks :) |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 424 |
So is it then possible to turn off the VGA output and all the C64 emulation part of Chameleon and only use it as a fancy 1541U replacement? |
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