C128 in an FPGA?

[juga]

Hi. I am a happy owner of three MCC-216 VGA and one MCC-216 S-Video.

I mostly use them with the C64 core done by Frenchshark, and will start tinkering with the Amiga core once it is launched.

The C64 core works pretty well with old and new C64 games, some of the most important features it has are:

- PAL and NTSC C64 models supported
- Stereo 8580 SIDs support with filters
- Perfect smooth scrolling if your monitor supports the MCC resolutions / refresh frequencies
- 1541 emulation with read and write support of D64 images, with good compatibility with fast loaders
- Support of mount of up to 10 d64 images for multi disk games
- Very fast reset and startup of the C64 core: less than 4 seconds boot including the d64 images mount
- Supports very well the JiffyDOS rom and JiffyDOS 1541II rom for fast loading of d64 images
- Swap joysticks feature (swap ports 1 <-> port 2): only needs one joystick
- Proprietary USB joypad support
- Mouse support (PS2 mouse)
- Very nice and colorful menu for selecting the games / disc images
- Very good games compatibility (above 90% based on tested games)

I wrote down an article on lemon64 forum with some tips for using the C64 core, it has almost all you need to know to use it (strengths and weaknesses too), you can read it here:
http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34194&start=550

The MCC-216 works very well for me and for many other people, you can check the customer’s feedback from Ebay buyers:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=arcaderetrogaming&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

For a C64 fan that wants to run games on new hardware I would definitively recommend it, and I expect that the new Amiga core that it is coming will be great too.

Regards, Juan

[juga]

Thanks Juan. You don't have to to do that.
Be careful you will get some bashing from some guys here :-).
Moreover, your only 3-post count will look suspicious, maybe it is me writing this comment :-)
Anyway, with any product, you cannot get 100% of the customers happy, that's a rule.

Regards,

Frederic

Hi Frederic, no problem!

Don't worry, I am only saying that I like the MCC and the features it has.  

Little posts here, I only come to learn about the Amiga since I only had a VIC20 and a C64 on the golden 8-bit years.

Keep the good work and I hope to see tha launch of the Amiga core soon!
 

[juga]

The Amiga core for the MCC-216 was launched almost two years ago (and I'm sure you know it).

Yes, you are right.

I don't use this beta Amiga core (of course I have tested it), I am waiting for the new Amiga core for using the Amiga emulation on the MCC.

[juga]

Hi Frederic, how are you.

How is going the new Amiga core for the MCC?

What features will it have? Like kickstarts supported, configurable parameters (memory...), HDF support, OCS or ECS, etc.

Regards, Juan