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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« Reply #14 from previous page: May 12, 2012, 06:41:20 PM »
Quote from: Motormouth;692941
Thanks all,

I have learned quite a bit from this thread!


GOOD!

I like both products.  The 1541 U2 is a great device and does what it is suppose to do with out much fault.  Reasonable updates and feedback seem to the norm as well.

The Chameleon is incredible.  Can be very complicated and is not 100% in the CPU emulation yet but VERY useable.  Depending on what you do with your C64, you might not have any problems with it.  Being able to run PAL in standalone here in NTSC land is very cool.  Future updates should make it even a better device.  C128 support is nice too.

Biggest issue for the 1541 U2 is the time it takes to get one.  It can be 6+ months.

Biggest issue for the Chameleon is the complexity and the semi-beta status of the device.  It can be so many different hardware configurations that you can make settings that don't work.  The documentation is orientated toward a very knowledgeable C64 owner and or programer.  BTW, if you are a C64 programer, they almost all the features of the Chameleon accessible is a very well documented and powerful fashion.

I have heard that the stock of the Chameleon is running low.  I believe a new run will be made but it might take a while.
A500/030 40mhz with A530, Indivision ECS, , KS 3.1, 2 Megs Chip, 8 Megs fast.
A600 Vampire II
SAM440EP 667, Amiga OS 4.1u1
Dual G4 1.2 Mac MorphOS
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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2012, 11:14:17 PM »
Looks like the Chameleon is out of stock... sad face...

In the latest firmware there is a documentation   folder now that has a pretty good user manual.  Not bad.

http://beta.icomp.de/bin/Chameleon_Beta-7a.zip
A500/030 40mhz with A530, Indivision ECS, , KS 3.1, 2 Megs Chip, 8 Megs fast.
A600 Vampire II
SAM440EP 667, Amiga OS 4.1u1
Dual G4 1.2 Mac MorphOS
Chameleon
CD32
SX64
128D
128
C64
64C
 

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Re: 1541 Ultimate II vs. chameleon 64
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2012, 02:05:46 AM »
You use the USB cable and the installer that runs from Linux, MAC and PC.

If you install it to SLOT 0 it will start to Minimig core. If you install it in another slot, you select it in the Chameleon interface.

The Minimig docking station cable is to use the Docking station ONLY with the minimig as an expansion and has nothing to do with the Chameleon and the docking station.
A500/030 40mhz with A530, Indivision ECS, , KS 3.1, 2 Megs Chip, 8 Megs fast.
A600 Vampire II
SAM440EP 667, Amiga OS 4.1u1
Dual G4 1.2 Mac MorphOS
Chameleon
CD32
SX64
128D
128
C64
64C