On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
Can software fix a hardware design fault? No, but you can work potentially around it by causing the processor to work in a different way.
Also connecting a C64 to the internet is easier than you might think.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
http://store.go4retro.com/nic/
Well, that's true. But then, you've got a C=64 on the internet, and now you have two problems.
That's pretty funny Ted!!!
My fav comment/feature they mention is:
Twitter from your Commodore!
Now that's AWESOME!
-K-
On 1/6/2018 3:36 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
Can software fix a hardware design fault? No, but you can work potentially around it by causing the processor to work in a different way.
Also connecting a C64 to the internet is easier than you might think.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
http://store.go4retro.com/nic/
Well, that's true. But then, you've got a C=64 on the internet, and now you have two problems.
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[image: MailTag] I guess that it's neat but to what end? I can add a tag line to my twitter client and say that I'm sending it from a C64. I guess if you have one and want to play around, it's cool.
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On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Kurt at VR-FX vrfx@optonline.net wrote:
That's pretty funny Ted!!!
My fav comment/feature they mention is:
Twitter from your Commodore!
Now that's AWESOME!
-K-
On 1/6/2018 3:36 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
Can software fix a hardware design fault? No, but you can work potentially around it by causing the processor to work in a different way.
Also connecting a C64 to the internet is easier than you might think.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
Well, that's true. But then, you've got a C=64 on the internet, and now you have two problems.
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On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Michael Oke, II okeind@gmail.com wrote:
I guess that it's neat but to what end? I can add a tag line to my twitter client and say that I'm sending it from a C64. I guess if you have one and want to play around, it's cool.
Well, you might not be able to do anything useful, but at least you're avoiding the latest exploits.
I have dozens of articles & newsletters I wrote on a C=64 that I'd like to archive off onto more recent formats, but at the moment, the machine isn't able to connect to a network. Transfer is of course one obstacle of many. I'd likely have to set up an emulator on a new machine, and try to reproduce the environments in which the executables ran. Devices to read Commodore-formatted drives are quite expensive, so if I could get the machine onto my LAN with a file transfer program, that might be one way to archive the old files which, yes, I should have done 30 years ago, but was playing with the Amiga instead.
Wow Ted - you're rehashing GREAT Old memories! AS I too played with an Amiga way back when! In effect, at the time of the early PC, the Apple II and the Amiga - it was truly the Amiga that was SUPERIOR when it came to sound and Especially Graphics!!! Am sure you remember the HAM method (Hold & Modify) to access More colors! Right? I played with both 2D CG and 3D CG programs on the Amiga. Great stuff indeed and a Great memory to reconnect with my experiences on the Amiga!
-K-
On 1/8/2018 6:33 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Michael Oke, II okeind@gmail.com wrote:
I guess that it's neat but to what end? I can add a tag line to my twitter client and say that I'm sending it from a C64. I guess if you have one and want to play around, it's cool.
Well, you might not be able to do anything useful, but at least you're avoiding the latest exploits.
I have dozens of articles & newsletters I wrote on a C=64 that I'd like to archive off onto more recent formats, but at the moment, the machine isn't able to connect to a network. Transfer is of course one obstacle of many. I'd likely have to set up an emulator on a new machine, and try to reproduce the environments in which the executables ran. Devices to read Commodore-formatted drives are quite expensive, so if I could get the machine onto my LAN with a file transfer program, that might be one way to archive the old files which, yes, I should have done 30 years ago, but was playing with the Amiga instead.
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Ted Roche