PLAnkton, the best PLA replacement yet?
The kind of work this community exists to promote is already happening in various corners of the Internet. One such collaborative hardware effort is the new Commodore 64 PLA replacement called PLAnkton. Created using new, modern hardware and all new VHDL code, the PLAnkton has proven to be one of the most compatible PLA replacement ever created.
It works on all tested motherboards, even the finicky 64 Reloaded board. As well, it works with such PLA fussy peripherals as the Epyx Fastload cartridge, SuperZaxxon, and others.
The PLAnkton uses a Xilinx XC9536XL with all new PLA emulation code programmed by e5frog and was designed with assistance and testing by eslapion.
You can find more by searching it on Melon64 and other forums.
I have ordered PLAnkton myself and will post my thoughts and a review after testing it.
There's also the SuperPLA by Individual Computers (of C64 Reloaded fame): https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/produkt-details/product/superpla-v3.html
ReplyDeleteMads Troest
ReplyDeleteYes though there are known compatibility issues with the SuperPLA, one of which is listed on that page. Plus it costs twice as much.
Also ordered a PLAnkton a while back. I'm very excited about getting my hands on it and exchange it to that SuperPLA previously installed on my c64reloaded boards then...
ReplyDeleteAlso think that the PLAnkton will work even way better than superPLA in the end...
Will wait and see... :-D