Turbo Chameleon 64

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Turbo Chameleon 64

Device Name:	Turbo Chameleon 64
Manufacturer:	Individual Computers
Release Price:	€249
Released:	2011
Discontinued:	—
Processor:	Altera Cyclone III EP3C25E144C8N (FPGA)
Architecture:	8-bit
Clock Speed:	—
Opcodes:	All 6510 opcodes
Support Chips:	Atmel AT90USB162 (Microcontroller) Xilinx XC9672XL-TQG100 (FPGA)
RAM:	32 MB SRAM
ROM:	16 MB (Flash)
Expansion:	Firmware updates/mods Docking port in standalone mode. Real Time Clock RR-Net
Installation:	External cartridge Standalone device
License:
Manual:	Quick Install Guide User Manual Core Developer's Reference
Info:	The Turbo Chameleon 64 is still in active development. There are no plans for a C128 version. Not binary compatible with the SuperCPU

The Turbo Chameleon 64 is a multipurpose cartridge that can be used in the expansion port of the c64 or as a stand alone device.

The Turbo Chameleon 64 began as a project to create a cartridge that would give the Commodore 64 VIC-II VGA support. Then called VGA-64 the project quickly grew with additional features beyond VGA support. Eventually most of the features now associated with the Turbo Chameleon 64 fell into place and the project was renamed because of its far wider scope than initially envisioned.

Features[edit | edit source]

Hardware[edit | edit source]

Package.

CDTV remote control (since December 2013).

Interfaces[edit | edit source]

VGA-Connector
MMC/SD card slot
Infrared receiver for CDTV remote control
Connectors for PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse and IEC bus
USB for power in stand alone mode
Internal connector for RR-Net2 or RR-Net MK3 networking cards
USB connection to a PC for easy updates, cross-debugging and data transfer
3.5 mm stereo audio jack

Emulation[edit | edit source]

1541 compatible diskdrive, disk images on the SD card can be mounted

Supported formats: .D64, .G64, .T64(read-only)

Stereo SID
REU with up to 16 MByte ram
GeoRAM up to 4 MByte ram
In stand alone mode the turbo chameleon works as a full c64 reimplementation

Extras[edit | edit source]

Chameleon 64 with docking station.

Stand-Alone.

SID player

Supported formats: .sid, .wav, .mus, .str

Image-Viewer.

Supported Formats: .koa, .rpm, .cdu, .blp, .pmg, .art, .ocp, .ddl, .hed, .hpi

Text-Viewer C= +T .

Supported Formats: .txt, .nfo

All files on the SD-Card kan be viewed as a Hex dump C= +X
Machine language monitor
Turbo function with full 6510 compatibility including illegal opcodes
Abillity to use alternative KERNAL-, BASIC- and CHARACTER-ROM without changing rom chips in the C64