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0 pointsrtpg9y ago0 comments

Because the hardware clones are not sufficient. You need to make a sort of menu system + deal with hardware connections.

Simple ARM chip + software emulator means you could just do everything one one chip without headaches. Plus it'll likely be cheaper.

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pjc509y ago

Those are usually rolled into the hardware clones in various ways. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV (single chip ASIC C64)

It could be software emulation, but that's slightly less reliable, and has a boot time which may not be negligible.

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0 pointsrtpg9y ago0 comments

Because the hardware clones are not sufficient. You need to make a sort of menu system + deal with hardware connections.

Simple ARM chip + software emulator means you could just do everything one one chip without headaches. Plus it'll likely be cheaper.

pjc509y ago

Those are usually rolled into the hardware clones in various ways. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV (single chip ASIC C64)

It could be software emulation, but that's slightly less reliable, and has a boot time which may not be negligible.

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