Mega //e ( formerly Apple IIe ) for the MEGA65 – Alpha 4

Focus on input device support, video options, and exposing more of the original MiSTer core functionality through the OSD .

What's New

Joystick support

Standard Atari/C64-wired digital joysticks are now supported.
Apple II second-button support is available using the MEGA65 POT inputs.
The second button can be mapped to either POTX or POTY through the OSD.
A polarity option is also provided for compatibility with different joystick wiring. This determines whether a high or low POT reading represents a pressed second button.

Mouse support

Amiga-compatible mouse support has been added ( Mouse movement uses the raw quadrature signals rather than the normal joystick debounce path )
Connect an Amiga mouse to joystick port 2.

Video and display options

Selectable colour palettes:

• NTSC
  

• Apple IIGS
  

• AppleWin
  

• Apple IIc PAL

• PAL/NTSC video mode selection for the current fixed 15 kHz analog output.
  

• ROM region selection, including US/UK ROM configurations.
  

• Lo-Res Text – Clean / Composite option. Composite mode enables the colour artifacting used by some Apple II software, while Clean provides a sharper RGB representation.

Current Limitations

• Video output is currently 15 kHz analog RGB only and is hardwired for now.
  
• HDD support is not yet implemented.
  
• Serial support exists in the underlying core but has not yet been tested.
  
• Only .nib floppy disk images are officially supported at present.

Disk Images

If you only have .dsk images, you can convert them using dsk2nib:

dsk2nib is free and can be downloaded and compiled from the link below

Source:
https://github.com/slotek/dsk2nib
Compile with: gcc -o dsk2nib dsk2nib.c

Known Issues

I have experienced disk corruption during a reset with disk activity ( not necessarily during a write operation )

This is an issue I am currently investigating. Disk write protect is now enabled by default to prevent this.

A Note About Apple II Mice

Original Apple II mice will not be supported for direct connection to the MEGA65.

Although Apple II and Amiga mice use DE-9 connectors and quadrature signalling, their electrical pinouts are incompatible. In particular, the +5 V supply and ground are on different pins, so an original Apple II mouse should not simply be plugged into the MEGA65 joystick port.

Dear community you might have seen it, the EU is still figuring out how to send packages within its union with regards to new regulations that came into effect last week. The culprit is the EU PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) until there is a clear way forward the shipping of MEGA65 is on hold to EU except Austria and France. (The problem is not the regulation but the lawyers specializing in cease-and-desist just waiting to bother companies with no grounds for anything.)
Some context can be read here https://www.heise.de/en/news/Packaging-regulation-and-online-shops-Land-in-sight-11414310.html