M65Connect

M65Connect is a GUI tool written with Xojo to access the MEGA65. It supports Windows, Mac and Linux.

Supported functions

FILE OPERATIONS

• Send PRG file
• Send SID file
• Send Bitstream file
• Send Hickup file
• Send ROM file
• Modify and send BASIC program
• Start/Stop PRG Autoload
• Create ROM patch file
• Apply ROM patch file
• Create COR file
• Create MCS file
• Send supported file types by Drag&Drop
• Access the internal SD Card by the SD Card Manager
• Customize ROMs with the ROM Configurator
• D81 image support allows you to create and manipulate D81 images

COMMAND OPERATIONS

• Reset MEGA65
• Switch to 64 mode
• Switch to 65 mode
• Switch graphic mode
• Take screenshot
• Dis/Connect to MEGA65 at runtime
• Use remote keyboard to type on MEGA65
• Use Terminal mode to interact directly with the MEGA65

Hardware Requirements

In order to use M65Connect you need a MEGA65 Prototype, DevKit, final MEGA65 or equivalent hardware (Nexys board) with a LAN cable or an attached JTAG (TE0790-03) device. See further details here: https://mega65.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MEGA65/pages/48365569/M65Connect

Download Builds

You can download the latest builds for Windows, Mac and Linux from here: https://files.mega65.org

Project Installation

1. Folder Code holds the whole project, copy it to where you want to have it
2. Folder Resources holds additional/external parts of the tool. The project expects the files/folders in it here: .../Documents/Mega65Resources/Mega65Connect

Change Log

• 18/02/2024: V2.3 : LAN support added, manual moved to Wiki, Go65 added
• 05/07/2023: V2.2 : Local SD Card support, file restrictions removed, many other minor changes
• 20/12/2022: V2.1 : Implementation of latest refactored cli tools, minor fixes
• 18/07/2022: V2.0 : D81 image support added
• 28/05/2022: V1.9 : Minor changes, support of changed mega65_ftp
• 05/12/2021: V1.8 : ROM Configurator added, SD Card Manager fix, sub-windows centered, visual adjustment in SD Card Manager
• 17/11/2021: V1.7 : BDF/RDF patch operation implemented, latest CLI tool added, support of latest functions of bit2core
• 14/07/2021: V1.6 : Latest m65/m65_ftp added, SD Card Manager: Rename files, mount D81 files, improved Nexys support
• 25/04/2021: V1.5 : Latest mega65_ftp and m65 added, minor visual adjustments
• 13/03/2021: V1.4 : SD Card Manager: further and shorter file extensions supported, current SD Card path added
• 10/03/2021: V1.3 : SD Card Manager implemented to acces the internal SD Card, minor improvements
• 30/11/2020: V1.2 : Exception handler added for wrong drivers (Win), latest m65 version implemented (Win, Mac, Linux)
• 29/08/2020: V1.1 : Screenshot fix for Mac to start M65Connect from anywhere
• 23/08/2020: V1.0 : Initial version released