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- Is your Apple II or Commodore PET just not delivering the joy it once did? Enter the 65F02. (e-basteln)
This is a 100MHz drop-in replacement for the original 1MHz chip.
Of course that wouldn't do much good with the original 1MHz RAM still in place, so it has 64k of 100MHz RAM on board as well.
It automatically maps out the memory and I/O addresses of your computer so that devices like floppy drives and video still work, while everything else runs at full speed.
Tech News
- Looking to connect your Raspberry Pi to a WiFi 6E or 7 network? Hope you don't need to stay connected for more than 11 hours. (Rachel by the Bay)
Because you won't, and nobody knows why. Well, it's because of limited WPA3 support, but the 11 hours part remains a mystery.
- Tesla is building a $500 million supercomputer in Buffalo, New York. (Tech Crunch)
Why? Because if you're building a huge computer, you want it somewhere cold and wet, and upstate New York is certainly that.
Also Tesla already owns an enormous empty building there.
The supercomputer will be used to train software for autonomous vehicles among other projects.
- Don't post bomb threats on social media. (BBC)
Just... Don't.
- Seagate's new 24TB hard drives are here. (Serve the Home)
With the rate at which SSD prices were dropping last year, hard drives appeared to be doomed. But those price cuts appear to have stalled for now, and predictions are that SSD prices will actually increase this year.
- AMD's new Ryzen 8600G and 8700G will be here in a few days. (WCCFTech)
The 8600G offers 6 CPU cores and 8 graphics cores for $229; the 8700G offer 8 CPU cores and 12 graphics cores for $329. Each is around 30% faster than its 5000-series predecessor on multi-threaded tests.
There's also an 8500G model at $179, but that cuts back to 4 graphics cores and about half the PCIe lanes, so it's a lot less interesting.
Disclaimer: I wonder if the 65F02 could be updated to work in a Commander X16?
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Reading between the lines of that fake bomb threat thing, the other takeaway is that Snapchat's probably giving the cops realtime access to conversations, and/or is monitoring what people say.
Posted by: Rick C at Monday, January 29 2024 02:12 AM (BMUHC)
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Re: the disclaimer, the X16 uses a 65C02S, whatever that specific variant was, and the web site says " The X16 will be made entirely with parts that are still readily
available today, ensuring perpetual availability without reliability
issues, but in keeping with David's vision, it will house a real CPU
rather than using emulation or an FPGA recreation of a processor. "
Posted by: Rick C at Monday, January 29 2024 10:10 AM (BMUHC)
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The Infinite Craft 65F02 offers a significant performance boost for vintage computers like the Apple II or Commodore PET, replacing the original 1MHz chip with a 100MHz drop-in replacement.
Posted by: Craft at Wednesday, April 17 2024 12:18 PM (XJA3c)
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