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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
freakazoid@retro.social ("Charles U. Farley") wrote:
#Isetta might be the perfect #retrocomputing project, at least in terms of architecture and capabilities. It can run #6502 and #Z80 code, has a graphical OS, and can run games with reasonable resolution & number of colors.
The biggest barrier to growing a larger community around it seems to be that all the components are surface mount, which scares a lot of people. One must also source all the parts other than the board, and a separate board is required for programming the flash chips. An assembled version would make it a lot more accessible.
Surface mount is definitely the way to go. It's really not that hard, and it dramatically increases options for parts and allows for a much smaller board.
Something like Isetta in a case with a keyboard, LCD screen, and battery would be awesome. LCD interfaces aren't much different from VGA.
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