--- title: 2026 Retrocomputer Challenge: Vectron65 Plus Puts The... description: Nick Bild's Vectron65 Plus homebrew 6502 computer project is highlighted as an entry in the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge, featuring multiple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-retrocomputer-challenge-vectron65-plus-puts-the-emphasis-on-plus-y3idbdrf8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 2026 Retrocomputer Challenge: Vectron65 Plus Puts The Emphasis On Plus | daily.dev og:description: Nick Bild's Vectron65 Plus homebrew 6502 computer project is highlighted as an entry in the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge, featuring multiple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-retrocomputer-challenge-vectron65-plus-puts-the-emphasis-on-plus-y3idbdrf8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/y3IDBdrf8.png og:image:alt: 2026 Retrocomputer Challenge: Vectron65 Plus Puts The Emphasis On Plus og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2026 Retrocomputer Challenge: Vectron65 Plus Puts The Emphasis On Plus **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nick Bild's Vectron65 Plus homebrew 6502 computer project is highlighted as an entry in the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge, featuring multiple expansions including a VGA Plus Text Mode card with its own dedicated 6502 co-processor and two versions of a 640x480 VGA graphics card. The 65 Plus version adds more RAM and GPIO ports over the original breadboard build covered back in 2019, and the graphics cards can be used with other 6502 systems as well. A demo video shows the suite running, including a BASIC program generating Hackaday-style comments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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