1541 Ultimate

thumb|1541 Ultimate 1541 Ultimate (often abbreviated 1541U) is a peripheral,Bill Loguidice Vintage game consoles : an inside look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the greatest gaming platforms of all time Focal Press 2014 Barton Matt 117 978-0-415-85600-3 primarily an emulated floppy disk and cartridge emulator based on the FPGA Xilinx XC3S250E, for the Commodore 64 home computer. It became available in 2008. The unit is developed by Gideon Zweijtzer and is a cartridge that can emulate other cartridges such as the Commodore REU, Action Replay, The Final Cartridge III, Super Snapshot V5, Retro Replay or TurboAss with Codenet-support, and an almost fully compatibleParker Nigel Commodore Free Magazine http://www.commodorefree.com/vol3.htm Commodore Free talk to Gideon Zweijtzer Dec 2009 3 35 15–16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150311154744/http://www.commodorefree.com/vol3.htm 2015-03-11 live 2016-01-30 (including JiffyDOS support2016-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160130105246/http://www.breadbox64.com/c64-peripherals/1541-ultimate-ii/ live http://www.breadbox64.com/c64-peripherals/1541-ultimate-ii/ 1541 Ultimate II breadbox64 ) FPGA-cloned Commodore 1541 (including 1541, 1541C, and 1541 II modelshttp://www.retrothing.com/2010/03/replace-the-commodore-64-disk-drive-with-flash-memory.html Replace Your Commodore 64 Disk Drive With Flash Memory Retro Thing 2010-03-25 James Grahame 2016-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017005440/http://www.retrothing.com/2010/03/replace-the-commodore-64-disk-drive-with-flash-memory.html 2015-10-17 live ) floppy disk unit that can use Commodore 64-compatible files like .D64/.G64 disc images or .PRG files via a SD card reader.Dillon Roberto Ready: A Commodore 64 Retrospective 2015 Springer 978-981-287-340-8 125 Additionally, the 1541 Ultimate is suitable for making archives of floppy disks.http://devdef.blogspot.nl/2014/11/1541-ultimate-guide-4-floppy-copy.html 1541 Ultimate II Guide 4 : Floppy Copy DevDef 2014-11-04 Wiebo de Wit 2016-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150122012249/http://devdef.blogspot.nl/2014/11/1541-ultimate-guide-4-floppy-copy.html 2015-01-22 live All units after the initial production have 32 megabytes of RAM, while the original production run only had 16 megabytes. The 1541 Ultimate is capable of running both CP/M and GEOS.http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/05/running-geos-on-ultimate-1541-ii-c64.html Running GEOS on the Ultimate 1541-II (C64) James Monkman RGCD 2011-05-30 2016-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630055813/http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/05/running-geos-on-ultimate-1541-ii-c64.html 2015-06-30 live In 2010, the 1541 Ultimate II was developed. The Ultimate II is about 30% smaller than the 1541 Ultimate, comes in a plastic case,https://ilesj.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/1541-ultimate-original-vs-ultimate-ii/ 1541 Ultimate, original vs Ultimate-II Ilkka Sjöstedt 2013-04-13 2016-02-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150101225810/http://ilesj.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/1541-ultimate-original-vs-ultimate-ii/ 2015-01-01 live and adds support for dual SIDs (plus a SID/MOD player),http://www.indieretronews.com/2015/01/1541-ultimate-ii-is-this-ultimate.html 1541 Ultimate-II - Is this the ultimate device for a C64/128? [ Hardware Review ] 2015-01-09 Indie Retro News 2016-01-30 https://archive.today/20150109150756/http://www.indieretronews.com/2015/01/1541-ultimate-ii-is-this-ultimate.html 2015-01-09 live a USB host controller, tape emulation via a tape adapterhttp://www.1541ultimate.net/content/doc/1541U2Doc_v0.3.pdf 1541 Ultimate II technical documentation (though use with a Commodore 128D requires modification2016-01-30 2016-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160108222245/http://www.retro-commodore.eu/2014/12/25/extending-the-1541ultimate-2-tape-extender/ live http://www.retro-commodore.eu/2014/12/25/extending-the-1541ultimate-2-tape-extender/ Extending the 1541Ultimate 2 tape extender 2014-12-25 Carsten Jensen Retro Commodore ), a real-time clock (for accurate file date and time), and the SD card slot is replaced by a microSD card slot. In addition, all firmware and VHDL code for the Ultimate II is available under an open source GPLv3 license,http://www.1541ultimate.net/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:opensource&catid=14&Itemid=127 1541 Ultimate Open Source announcement and build requirements allowing hobbyists and others to freely modify all aspects of its functionality, including the FPGA-emulated hardware. The 1541 Ultimate has an option for on-board Ethernet, while the 1541 Ultimate II supports Ethernet via a compatible USB to Ethernet adapter. Besides being useful to retrocomputing hobbyists, it has also found use in educational laboratory settings.Nick Montfort Nick Montfort Federova, Natalia Creative Material Computing in a Laboratory Context 7 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78888 The Trope Tank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology TROPE 12-03 Cambridge, Massachusetts 2012-04-25 2015-02-08 PDF 1721.1/78888 In 2017 the Ultimate II+ was released with the following feature differentiation from the II: Removal of the MicroSD slot, More USB ports, Integrated Ethernet, Dual Flash, Integrated Speaker, External power supply connector with auto-switch over circuit, Improved power supply circuits, and a slightly bigger and faster FPGA, as to control the new features. http://1541ultimate.net/content/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20170408152233/http://1541ultimate.net/content/index.php 2017-04-08 Home The II and II+ share a firmware image and the software features are substantially similar. See also Commodore 1541 Commodore 64 peripherals IDE64 References External links ultimate64.com - 1541 Ultimate homepage 1541 Ultimate source code repository https://web.archive.org/web/20091013024650/http://svn.xp-dev.com/svn/gideonz_1541Ultimate/ 2009-10-13 (Subversion) Collection of official and unofficial firmware Category:Commodore 64 Category:Home computer peripherals