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This scratch-built, period-correct Portable Commodore 64 is a love letter to an alternate Commodore history
Under the hood (or inside the wedge), you will find a motherboard featuring the Tang Nano FPGA, running the MiSTeryNano core ( GitHub project link , ported from MiSTer). Like the FPGA Amigas, C64s, and other retro remakes, the FPGA raises the vintage computing experience above and beyond the use of an emulator.
Shaw indicates that the MiniST, thanks to the aforementioned MiSTeryNano core, offers a “cycle exact 8 MHz 68000 CPU ,” with complete chipset, multiple Atari TOS ROM versions, color and monochrome video modes via HDMI, YM2149 and STE DMA sound via HDMI, Blitter chip, ASCI hard disk support (Atari's SCSI version), and the all-important MIDI via physical MIDI-IN and OUT ports. It has a mouse, keyboard, and joystick mapped to USB.
We also read that this project uses an RP2040 microcontroller “as a companion chip for OSD, USB,” and more.
Moving onto the scale of this production run, Shaw makes it clear that producing a MiniST is rather time-consuming, as “it takes an awful lot of time to print, sand, and paint them.” Thus, only five fully assembled, ready to plug and go, MiniST machines are planned to be sold as an initial batch. Perhaps the maker should invest in one of our best 3D printer choices to boost production…
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