On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 08:38:26 UTC+1, Keith Matthews  wrote:
> Re: Re: The C64 Mini
>   By: Shaun Bebbington to Keith Matthews on Tue Apr 03 2018 23:16:41
>
>  > On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 03:53:35 UTC+1, Keith Matthews  wrote:
>  > > Re: Re: The C64 Mini
>  > >   By: Andreas Kohlbach to Geo on Tue Apr 03 2018 17:30:25
>  >
>  > >  > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 20:54:51 +1000, Geo wrote:
>  >
>  > >  > >   To: Shaun Bebbington
>  > >  > >   Re: The C64 Mini
>  > >  > >   By: Shaun Bebbington to comp.sys.cbm on Tue
Apr 03 2018 02:00:10
>  >
>  > >  > >  > From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm
>  >
>  > >  > >  > Hi,
>  >
>  > >  > >  > I've got one of these devices; it's
alright. One thing I like
>  > >  > >  > about
>  > it
>  > >  > >  > is that my daughter likes programming it,
and making PETSCII art
>  > >  > >  > with it.
>  >
>  > >  > >  > I've had to buy a USB hub to run a pen
drive and keyboard at the
>  > >  > >  > same
>  > >  > time,
>  > >  > >  > and I've found that AC adaptors running at
2amp is best for
>  > >  > >  > multiple
>  > >  > devices
>  > >  > >  > like this.
>  >
>  > >  > >  > A shame I can't licence JiffyDOS on it to
help with the emulated
>  > drive
>  > >  > >  > speeds. --- Synchronet 3.17a-Linux NewsLink 1.108
>  >
>  >
>  > >  > > I was pretty disappointed to see that the KBD is
not real, but then
>  > again
>  > >  > > at that size I guess it would have less usable
that even a Spectrum
>  > >  > > 8-)
>  >
>  > >  > The 8bitguy reviewed it on Youtube. And when he asked
the company
>  > >  > producing it they said if the C64 Mini is a success
they will create
>  > >  > one with a real keyboard in the future.
>  >
>  > >  > [...]
>  >
>  > >  > > I'm thinking about getting an Ultimate 64 board
instead! 8-)
>  >
>  > >  > Although I am retro too I would not go with any of
these. In my opinion
>  > >  > they are just an emulator with a modern CPU (usually
ARM), running on
>  > >  > Linux in a fancy box. And like in the case of the C64
Mini not even
>  > >  > have
>  > >  > a functioning keyboard.
>  >
>  > >  > You can go then with any emulator, like VICE, running
it on your modern
>  > >  > PC.
>  >
>  > >  > It would be okay for me though if someone recreated
the main board,
>  > >  > mounted a 6510, VIC II and SID (I heard they are hard
to come by). And
>  > >  > may be some logic to output a HDMI signal and have
USB connector to
>  > >  > connect a keyboard and joystick.
>  > >  > --
>  > >  > Andreas
>  >
>  > >  > My random toughts and comments
>  > >  > https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
>  >
>  >
>  > > Hi Andreas,
>  >
>  > > The Ultimate 64 is pretty much what you describe. it is not emulation
>  > > because it is FPGA which is real H/W. Gideons intent for it is as a
>  > > replacement board for broken C64 motherboards, so you can
still have a
>  > > real C64 case and Kbd
>  > etc
>  > > , but with modern motherboard.
>  >
>  > > There are other people working on C64 motherboard
replacements that you do
>  > > actually just swap chips on, but unfortunatly, it is more
often thatn not
>  > > the PLA that dies, and they are impossible to obtain. Hence FPGA. 8-)
>  >
>  > > Regards..Geo
>  > > ooooOOOOoooo
>  >
>  > I was wondering how the Ultimate64 was Linux, hoping that I
could run Apache
>  > on
>  > it as well as using it as a C64. That would be cool; a server
that *looked*
>  > like a Commodore C64. I am now disappointed that it doesn't run
Linux. It's
>  > a  cool piece of kit
>  > though.
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  > Shaun.
>  >
>
>
>
> Shaun thats easy,
>
>
>
> http://www.vesalia.de/e_keyrahv2.htm
>
>
> plus
>
>
> Raspberry Pi
>
>
> Plus
>
>
> old C64 case from C64 with a dead motherbard. 8-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards..Geo
> ooooOOOOoooo

I don't need the Raspberry PI as I already own a TheC64Mini - a shame it
won't covert a SX64 keyboard. That would be cool.

Regards,

Shaun.

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