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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« on: May 09, 2012, 02:31:53 PM »
The thing about the Chameleon 64 that I dislike is the lack of Midi, therefore no Mssiah. :/
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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 03:40:34 PM »
What is a user port midi? Midi for the chameleon?

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It does support Prophet-64 crt images so with a User Port Midi you could almost have both.

If you like GEOS and have tried it on Chameleon 64 with the Turbo on, that is very nice right there.  

The reason it does not work on the 128 is due to the difference between the 64 and the 128 cart ports.  The 128 does not have the same "feature" they need to make it work the same way.  I was tired numerous times by Jens and company.

The Chameleon does support a lot of features that the U2 does but they are not as mature.  They are getting better all the time.

I really like the CDTV IR remote use.  I  find it very handy to use it.    

The only difference in the above list the U2 can work on a 128.  Try to buy on though.  It will take several months of waiting.  Look like June right now to fulfill orders from May and before..  You are looking for a 6 month wait if you order now if the ordering is open.
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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 06:31:37 PM »
Aghh, but can I use midi without the C64?



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No. It is a midi interface that uses the C64 User Port vs the Crt port.

See http://www.firestarter-music.de/prophet/ for some information.

Midi is basically a serial connection.  On the MSSIAH they basically added the prophet-64 and the MIDI in one device.  Very nice but also takes up the Cart port for all other uses.  

With Chameleon, you can use Prophet 64 ROM Image, REU, 1351 Mouse Emulation, 2nd SID, Jiffy DOS in both the drive and the C64 (with only the rom images), a PS2 KB if you wish, VGA output, Extra Speed and use MIDI on the user port on a real C64.  No other device will do that.
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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 07:02:12 PM »
Well then, I'll just stick with my Mssiah and C64 then. :)


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No. You would need the C64.  I have not seen this setup tested 100% with the Prophet 64 and the Chameleon with a C64.  It should work and if it doesn't I would imagine they would like to know to fix any bugs.
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