I'd like to help!

Hi mega65 folks. What does the project need help with?
I am excellent at embedded c/c++ (pro game programmer).
Passable with HDL and electronics (and have equipment).
Willing to test/build prerelease hw.
Have nexys4 (non ddr )
I totally agree with the use case for education, as I learned programming on vic20/c64. Graphics and audio programming kept my interest peaked.
I have a few ideas for beefing up visuals and audio whilst staying with the retro flavor, though of course these can always be done in alternate firmwares.

Hi, and Welcome.

I recall that gardners had trouble with the ddr memory on the newer boards - so it will probably be omitted or replaced by something else the final product.

Just keep an eye here and I'm sure that either Deft or gardners will pop in to say hello

Hiya Tweakoz,

While I haven't contributed to the project for a while, I still like to keep tabs on the forums, just in-case one day I can contribute something once more

When I saw your post, I just thought I'd share a few links that might be handy for you.

- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/c65gs-development

This is a google groups forum where a lot of discussion goes on between developers on the project, it can be a good place to introduce yourself too.

- https://groups.google.com/d/ms…/scoH5okUy-c/X5Tdmd77AAAJ

This was a forum post where several developers introduced themselves. It can be a nice starting point to know the other devs a bit, and share a bit about yourself too

- https://github.com/MEGA65/mega…/blob/master/doc/index.md

This is the main wiki for the project, hosted in github, a good place to read up on the knowledge base accumulating around the project.

- http://gurce.net/mega65

This was an alternate wiki I nurtured in earlier times. I had hopes to migrate the details there to github too at some stage, I made some efforts towards it, but ran out of steam. So there still might be gems of knowledge on there that could be useful to you, particularly if you prefer walkthroughs with lots of screenshots of what and where to click. Also, there was more info relating to Windows-users that want to work on this project via Cygwin, and how that can be accomplished.

The project tends to be a bit Linux-centric, so if that's your preference, you'll be fine. If you prefer a Windows environment then rest assured it can be accomplished too via Cygwin.

@PGS - what do you need help with?

I was going to ask, can we use the existing cc65, or do we need a special build?

I've managed to get my MEGA65 to boot, though I couldn't figure out how to mount disk images, but didn't really have the time to dig in. I did notice that the keyboard entry seemed a bit fickle. Some of my keypresses didn't register.

Anyway, back on topic, I'm currently writing a game for the C64, so have been thinking about writing something for the MEGA65, and that brought me to the toolchain to use

Thanks SvOlli

C would be nice, but I'm capable of working in ASM, so that's fine, I'll pick up one of those assemblers to have a play with for now.

Looking forward to seeing more information about the VICIII and VICIV modes