8 bit computer now available for all your homebrewing needs
By Laura June 
posted March 30th 2009 2:56PM
posted March 30th 2009 2:56PM
The above 8 bit computer -- which is intended as an educational tool in emerging markets, and has been available in China and India for a while now -- is finally for sale here in the good old US of A. This hackable little package boasts a 1Mhz 6502 chip, and comes with a keyboard, mouse, two game controllers, an OS cartridge, RCA cables and nine volt power supply. You'll be jamming to your own, handheld version of "Personal Jesus" in no time at all. These bad boys are available now for the shockingly affordable price of $49.99.
Can I somehow connect 8 of them together and have a 64 bit 8 MHz system? That'd be out of this world.
Yes that's exactly how the system works.
Have a billion doubloons.
Sure... but how about what's really important... does it blend?
I think the NES is 3.98Mhz so you can just get that
THAT IS how systems work?
wait.. so if i wanna go x86-32 to x86-64...
i just take my laptop and my dad's laptop...
and mash them together?
mynk, don't mash. Meld
That IS how they made the Wii.
sells fr less $10 in India.(Rs. 300 = $6)
"a while"? this has been (or should I say "was") around in China since early 90s, and now are probably sold as antiques...
oh well, probably the economy has set US back to "emerging markets"...
looks alright but ...... can it run crys...
ah, nevermind
No.
if you make a homebrew 8 bit crys
then sure, it can run crys
Can't even run a CGA 2D version of it I bet.
you know what? fuck crysis. when 8 bit ruled the world, kids could write their own games. THAT was fun.
Laura June is of teh pwn.
I have one of these from china. Yay for famiclones.
Not as good as the 10 bit unit i got from a chinese market
wtf 10 bit?
i did wonder whether that joke would fall into obscurity...
chinese knock off markets?
binary.
Being a developer, I find this amazing.
Still funner to making a game for the Palm Pre though.
why not make a spelling/grammar program instead?
Oh the irony!
@Oli D, I'm sure someone has already started making a spelling and grammar application.
Cor, technology these days!
Indeed, the correct term is "funnerer". And yes, this thing has all kinds of retro-rad to accompany its educatifizing.
@Loonie
Where have you been? "More funneh" is the accepted primary term in the newest revision.
"why not make a spelling/grammar program instead?"
...
"@Oli D, I'm sure someone has already started making a spelling and grammar application."
LOL... nnnneeeeaawww!
If you're not getting it http://www.metacafe.com/watch/705351/jeff_dunham_w_peanut/
Templarian - nice work on detecting when someone nails you.
so would this be any good for chiptunes then?
118 24/7.
Its directory heaven!
TREX, thank you for the most bizarre product plug in history.
It's a Famiclone internally.
So, anything an NES can run, it can run.
ahahahahahahahahahaha
....$50 ......
Atari 400 look out!
A whole megahertz? I don't know, it seems like too much power for me to handle.
That's what she said.
will it play crysis?
your comment was about 20 minutes late .... this has already been asked and posted .....
I came later to say just that :oP But this is a very common famiclone in Brazil, look for "Dynacon magic computer" in Brazil and you'll find it. There is an even more advanced version, with a small tower cabinet. Go figure.
I heard that John Titor is coming back to 2009 for one of these, because all of the games in the past will be based on it in the future.
50 bucks and you don't even get blast processing.
I remember the 6502......I thought they quit making those once they quit manufacturing the APPLE ][
WOW!!! Call -151
6502 still in use? apparently so: http://www.westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/
With a minimalist instruction set its possible to implement the 6502 core in a gate array:
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/apple2fpga/
A9 FF 20 ED FD 60 (or, directly 4C instead...)
why couldn't they have used a 6809? from a programmer's point of view the machine code was beautiful, and much richer than a 6502, and so easy to learn!
Alas, the 6809 isn't made anymore. It's a terrible shame; it was the most elegant 8 bit processor around. I loved my SWTPC 6809 box.
Yeah where's smoke Signal Broadcasting when you need them. OS9 Ruled!
Atari 800 lives!
Looks like Engadget [still] has a problem with Depeche Mode... Do you guys REALLY want to upset a good chunk of your readers?