1541 Ultimate II

RobertBe · Post by **RobertBe** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:13 am

Gideon Zweijtzer has released news about the 1541 Ultimate II. New features are:

The PCB is 30% smaller.

There is a MicroSD card slot, instead of a full-size SD slot.

A real-time clock is implemented for correct file time and date.

It uses a larger FPGA which enables the implementation of more features.

There is a USB host port which can be used to connect USB memory sticks.

The Ethernet port has been removed, due to design considerations and reliability.

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He also has plans to make an suitable case for the device and is planning an initial run of 100 of the new version.

Visit Gideon's website for more details and pictures of the 1541U-II.

http://www.1541ultimate.net/content/index.php

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:32 am

I wonder...in theory, could the 1541-Ultimate be used on the VIC along with brain's MasC=uerade?

At very least it could pull power from the expansion port. Could custom firmware could be made for the VIC?

Diddl · Post by **Diddl** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:54 am

Schema wrote:I wonder...in theory, could the 1541-Ultimate be used on the VIC along with brain's MasC=uerade?

At very least it could pull power from the expansion port. Could custom firmware could be made for the VIC?

1541-u has a standalone mode, this mode works fine for my VIC.

So MasC=uerade maybe could work fine cause it does power supply the 1541u.

Firmware is not working, I'm sure!

Bacon · Post by **Bacon** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:22 am

Schema wrote:Could custom firmware could be made for the VIC?

I'd say that it very likely could, but it would be a huge undertaking.