BackSID - the replacement for the 6581/8580 SID

[RobertB]

Evie Salomon, creator of the BackBit cartridge and other Commodore bits (!), has released the BackSID, a replacement for the 6581/8580 SID chip in the Commodore 64/128/64C/128DCR. BackSID auto-detects into which Commodore it is installed, and with an upcoming C64 configuration program, the user will be able to customize the settings and upgrade the firmware. Not only does BackSID offer good sound but also supports inputs, like mouse, paddles, and Koalapad. It does not offer audio pass-through. For more BackSID details, see

 

https://store.backbit.io/product/backsid/

 

To see Evie’s video presentation of the BackSID, see

 

https://youtu.be/vhtraERrMNw?t=161

 

To see the rest of Evie’s products, see

 

https://store.backbit.io/

 

The BackSID is very reasonably priced at $29 US, not including shipping.

 

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group – http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network – http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Nov. 6-7 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2021 – http://www.portcommodore.com/class

 

[+mksmith]

Awesome thanks Robert ?

[SlidellMan]

I'm really glad that people are making quality clones of the SID and POKEY chips.

[RobertB]

BackSID has been going through continual improvement. Released several hours ago, the latest firmware is at 2.1.2. To see the changes, go to

https://backbit.io/downloads/Firmware/BackSID/Revisions.txt

and to download the firmware, go to

https://backbit.io/downloads/Firmware/BackSID/

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm