My new c64 arrived


My new c64 arrived

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Ian Stoffberg said…
The joystick is massive.
https://thec64.com
Kb is not functional, in case you are wondering.
July 11, 2018 at 5:07 AM
88mphTim said…
I have a real C64, 1541 floppy drive and C2N cassette unit (also a Vic 20 and Amiga A600), but this looks excellent. The HDMI output is especially useful!

It seriously just uses USB power?
July 11, 2018 at 7:47 AM
Ian Stoffberg said…
88mphTim seems like it. Bit like a raspberry pi in that regard. Waiting for the firmware that let's me load disks off of USB before I bother with it. Apparently its imminent. It was quite cheap locally so I picked it up.
July 11, 2018 at 2:47 PM
John Mitro said…
I have an Atari 800xl with an IndusGT 5 1/4 disk drive !
July 11, 2018 at 4:25 PM
outsidefactor said…
lol, am I the only person here who just uses Vice on my PC?

Nice to see some love for Commodore :)
July 25, 2018 at 7:09 PM
Ian Stoffberg said…
outsidefactor I bought it literally to support the company in the hope that they make another OR amiga one.

I have a PI that serves as my retro outlet, but I wouldn't mind a bigger version of this. In the works apparently. I want to play Thrust on keyboard dammit...

BTW, is there a nice CRT filter on Vice to make it look more like it did back then. Today's monitors really interfere with my rose tinted glasses.
July 25, 2018 at 9:58 PM
outsidefactor said…
Indeed, Vice has an option for scanlines. It also has PAL/NTSC settings for the SID chip so you can get the sound that you were used to.

In fact, there is a third party project to let you connect a real SID chip to a PC and then use it in Vice for the 'perfect' experience... though that might be going too far :P
July 25, 2018 at 10:02 PM
outsidefactor said…
It also supports an amazing number of turbo loaders and has a system for connecting cartridges.
July 25, 2018 at 10:03 PM
Ian Stoffberg said…
outsidefactor my ringtone is a snippet of Commando by Rob Hubbard. remix. strange as I'm more of a Martin Galway fan.
July 25, 2018 at 10:44 PM
outsidefactor said…
Ian Stoffberg Roland's Rat Race FTW
July 25, 2018 at 11:08 PM
Ian Stoffberg said…
outsidefactor your ringtone or in general?
July 25, 2018 at 11:10 PM
outsidefactor said…
Who could ever forget the phat beats of the Arkanoid title song?

Or IK+? Or the rather bizarre music for Parallax? Or, best of all, The Bard's Tale 3's rendition of Sir Robin's tune :P
July 25, 2018 at 11:30 PM
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