lotharek Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) After many years of development , RAPIDUS release time is approaching.. few facts: internal CPU turbo card for Atari XL/XE, WDC 65C816 microprocessor operating at 16MHz, managed by Xilinx Spartan6 FPGA and XC95XL CPLD devices, 512kb or 1MB of zero waitstate SRAM, up to 30.5MB of storage ram - SDRAM clocked 128MHz, 512kB of Flash memory (256kB is reserved for fpga cores, 256kB for OS and New Device handler) 256b of EEPROM, high speed bus connector for external I/O interfaces, DMA support, working modes fully software controlled low power consumption due to DC/DC converters, no extra power supply required simple installation: put Rapidus board in place of old 6502C and solder just 3 wires, or use Adaptus board depends on the model of your computer. In this case you don’t have to solder any wires. compatible with Ultimate 1MB, People involved : Pasiu (hard), Draco (soft, dracos), many, many others.... Soon, XL adapter - so far XE version only Please, share Your interest and support to creators of hardware - it really took 10 years to develop... of course, at the end, is my humble person, that will produce and deliver to You this masterpiece.. Estimates: release- end of January, price - 140E ALSO, I WANT TO STRESS THAT FACT IN PUBLIC with honours --- Flashjazz, Jon, my dearest, RAPIDUS BOARD for all support to ULTIMATE/SIDE project labelled with s/n : 00001 will be delivered to You for free - but promise, if we meet in real, at least one good bottle of vodka will be shared Edited December 16, 2015 by lotharek 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Do I wait for the XL version, or get the XE version now and the XL version later... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Looking forward to seeing what it will do, and what all it will be compatible with! Congrats to all of you! -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBuff Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 As soon as there is one for my 800XL, I will go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) Congratulations, you guys, this is an amazing work. I'll take two XE Edited December 16, 2015 by danwinslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmercer Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Once an xl adapter exists, I'd be interested.in one for my daily driver 800xl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I have plenty of XLs unused.... hmmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I am interested in one XE board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Any way to make this fit in original 800? 40 pin extension cable possibly? What I would really like is both Rapidus and VBXE in Incognito 800. Possible? Yes / No / Maybe? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 WDC 65C816 microprocessor operating at 16MHz 20 MHz. Plus an ability to use the old 6502 (you select the CPU from the menu). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvas Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm in for -1 for the XE (does it work with the VBXE?) -1 for the XL (does it work in an 1200?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) ALSO, I WANT TO STRESS THAT FACT IN PUBLIC with honours --- Flashjazz, Jon, my dearest, RAPIDUS BOARD for all support to ULTIMATE/SIDE project labelled with s/n : 00001 will be delivered to You for free - but promise, if we meet in real, at least one good bottle of vodka will be shared My deepest thanks for your generosity and sentiment. You have truly made my day, and I'm honoured to be deserving of s/n 00001. Here's hoping I can find room in the 1200XL for this. Thanks again. ps: Vokda will be bought in readiness. Edited December 16, 2015 by flashjazzcat 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeless Joe Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Yeah! I'm looking to upgrade my 1200xl with this too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 It would seem rude not to pick one up for one of my XLs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Hmm...can someone point me to any info about : "high speed bus connector for external I/O interfaces, DMA support" What kind of interface is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionik Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I'd be interested in:- 3 for XE- 3 for XL (when available) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guus.assmann Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Yes, I want one as well. BR/ Guus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Any plans to make a replacement CPU card for the 800? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'll take 1 XE version, and 1 XL version when available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Is there no way to add this to an ingocnito equiped 800? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 +1 for an XE card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Is there no way to add this to an ingocnito equiped 800? That's what I want to know. I was thinking of using a 40 wire ribbon cable, but don't know if capacitance or noise may be a problem. Mounting it securely may also be an issue. A replacement CPU card would be ideal, especially if there would be enough space to include a VBXE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Remember that the 800 uses a slightly different from the XL/XE line, so you'd likely require some sort of adapter. I'm not enough of a hardware guy to know what, precisely is needed, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 There are 2 versions of the CPU card for the 800. One that uses a standard 6502 or 65802 (or 65816 with the addition of one jumper wire), and another that uses the C014806 (Sally) CPU, same as the XL/XE. It makes no difference which type card your computer was originally equipped with if a new Rapidus CPU card is made. To install Rapidus on an 800 using a 40 wire jumper cable, the newer C014806 type CPU card would be required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazquezrick Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I'm in for 2, one for the XE and one for the XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.