MEGA65 Development Stream - Debricking MEGA65 R3/R3A Boards with De-programmed MAX10 FPGAs

[@BerniesBastelBude]

I ordered mine, referring to Trenz it will be shipped in Q1/2024 - sure, that's some waiting time but for this project (this is not Sony, Apple or Microsoft) imho it's worth to wait. I'm looking forward!

[@OlivierSimpleLife]

Super cool stuff @gardners !

[@3vi1J]

@0:58 Need to put some hotglue over those connectors! :p

[@CutieHoney]

Tried to watch this, but the background music (why?) made the speaker's voice too garbled.

[@DropDeadFrederick]

It's unfortunate that the info you're relaying is next to impossible to hear because THE MUSIC IS SO $#!!@#%%% LOUD!!!

[@PaulGardnerStephen]

Yes, sorry about that. A flaw in my setup is that I don't hear the music in my headphones to be able to gauge loudness. I need to sort that out.

[@drg5352]

And the Mega65 is still a scam; still have never gotten my M65, and never will since it's fake and a scam.

[@MD_il_microcanale]

hi, it takes a really long time to receive it, I received it about 4 months ago, I also made a review on my youtube channel. Understand that it's really hard to please everyone who wants one. If you paid for it, it will come.

[@3vi1J]

New to kickstarters/specialist hardware? I've been there - waited 6 years for a Pandora... which would have been an awesome system 4 years earlier. Unless you've asked for your money back and not received it, you really shouldn't complain it's a scam - you should complain about the wait.

[@gabor222]

If it was a scam they would accept your money but the fact is that they are not asking money until the shipping date of the next batch is stated. Yes it is frustrating that FPGA chips are so hard to get for such small companies and this is creating a long waiting time but from the activity on the discord forum I wouldn't think that this is a scam. There are a few programs available for it and I don't think anyone would make huge efforts for writing software for a "scam" computer.

[@MD_il_microcanale]

hi all, I can assure you it's not a scam, I've been waiting for it for a couple of years. I have followed the course of the project since its first news on the web, many years ago. I am a friend (albeit only virtual) of Carlo Patore, the best known Commodore 65 collector in Italy and thanks to him I got my Mega65, since at the time I didn't have any type of electronic payment available. But he had to give up his M65 because they didn't ship more than one to the same person. Luckily he has a developer version and a pre-series of the M65. So don't worry and don't get discouraged, the Mega65 will come. If you're curious, as I said above in the comments, I made a video where I review it. If you want to see a real user who received his M65, here I am.

[@drg5352]

@@3vi1J Every other kickstarter I've done, I've already got what I paid for. That's because they weren't scams. Mega65 is a scam, just because there's a bunch of shills paid in child porn to defend it changes nothing.