Re:The Chloe 280SE, a New Z80 Microcomputer
by lproven on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:31AM
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Update: apparently, now, the SpecNext has added ULA Plus compatibility, but not licensed the trademark so they don't say so.
Still, this is good news. There are already enhanced games that use it, originally for emulators and later for machines upgraded with a physical ULA Plus chip...
https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/slam-ula-plus-repl...
... and now you'll be able to play them on actual hardware.
Examples of such games and how they look: https://sites.google.com/site/ulaplus/
The thing is, it's an at-least-partially closed design, the only way to get it to subscribe to the kickstarter, and it doesn't comply with the modern enhanced-Spectrum-graphics standard ULA Plus, because some of the team had an argument with some of the ULA Plus team.
The Chloe has been around for longer, it's 100% FOSS, and it runs on the €35 ZX UNO FPGA board.
They're both interesting but IMHO the Chloe is more interesting.
BTW, I have no connection with anyone involved in either bar talking to them on Twitter & FB. E&OE, as they say.