I can confirm, that the #Keyboardio #Model01 works with #TheC64. At least the keyboard parts. I have not toyed with Joystick or Gamepad stuff yet, but I suppose that's something I should be doing soonish.

Imagine this: #TheC64, with an #Azeron keypad running #Kaleidoscope.

Mmm. Yummy.

Well. Defining `__AVR_ATmega32U4__` doesn't work, because avr-gcc will only use that if `__AVR__AT90USB1286__` is _not_ defined. So I might have to hack into ArduinoCore-avr a bit.

BUT!

I managed to flash a very simple #Kaleidoscope-based firmware onto the #Azeron. It doesn't do anything useful yet, just outputs "." to Serial.

So the factory firmware for the #Azeron, version 38 of it, is about 37k. That's more than my stupidly complex Model01 firmware (which clocks in at 28k). Now I'm really curious what makes it so big.

This thing is awesome. Will take a while to get used to it, but there are so many opportunities here!

I'm not liking the configurator much, so will have to port #Kaleidoscope and #Chrysalis to the #Azeron ASAP. Probably around the December holidays, when I have some free time to play with such things.

Whoo! My #Azeron keypad is here, and it looks AWESOME. This will need some getting used to, though.

Apparently, my #Azeron is getting delivered directly from Budapest, it is "out for delivery". I thought it would come nearer first, but I guess the shipping company does not have a closer warehouse.

My #Azeron keypad is getting closer! Shipping from Riga, it's now in Vienna. Just one more country, and probably two more cities to go.

This is the first time I have something with tracking shipped from another country to our new home, and it's exciting to watch the route.

"Your keypad was sent out today!"

:flan_excite:

#Azeron

Ordered an #Azeron keypad. Looking forward to porting #Kaleidoscope to it in about 180 days or so.

The main reason I went with Azeron over the Ploopy is that Azeron is already out there in the wild.

So lets have a poll here!

Which device should I pre-order first, and port #Kaleidoscope #firmware to it? The #Azeron keypad (https://www.azeron.eu/), or the #Ploopy trackball (https://www.ploopy.co/)?

Help me, Fediverse, you're my only hope!

Then again, the #Azeron has analog joysticks, which is something #Kaleidoscope does not support either. But the #Ploopy is more... different.

So as far as #Kaleidoscope is concerned, both would be beneficial to support. As far as I'm concerned, the #Azeron would be a bigger upgrade over my current gaming equipment.

The Ploopy is open hardware, which is awesome, the Azeron is not.

Yet, I still can't decide.

Both of them have pros and cons: the #Azeron would be more useful to me, but it's not open hardware. Mind you, having open source firmware for it would be a nice touch, but there's this lingering feeling that my skills would be better used for improving something that isn't proprietary. That's a strong argument for the #Ploopy. Another reason for it is that #Kaleidoscope already supports keyboards, supporting a trackball would be a whole different thing.

Soo.... I have the funds to pre-order either an #Azeron keypad (https://www.azeron.eu/), or a #Ploopy Trackball (https://www.ploopy.co/). One of the reasons I want to pre-order one of them is to port #Kaleidoscope to it (I will eventually get both, but only have the funds for one of them). Another reason is that I want to use both devices. The Azeron is an amazing pad for gaming, and the Ploopy looks like a sweet replacement for my Kensington Orbit.

Hard to decide which one to get first...