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to: Shaun Bebbington
from: Shaun Bebbington
date: 2018-04-03 04:51:52
subject: Re: The C64 Mini

On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 12:50:26 UTC+1, Shaun Bebbington  wrote:
> On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 12:31:52 UTC+1, 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-)
> >
> >
> > It would be good if it was possible to created the equivalent of multicart
> > images for it. 8-)
> >
> >
> > I'm thinking about getting an Ultimate 64 board instead! 8-)
> >
> > Regards..Geo
> > ooooOOOOoooo
> > --- Synchronet 3.17a-Linux NewsLink 1.108
> >  *  The Dungeon - Canberra, ACT, Australia -
telnet://dungeon.barnabasmusic.com
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is somewhere a device to convert a C128D and
C64SX keyboard to USB. If this is possible then it would make for a
beautiful addition to my C64Mini :-)
>
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks!

Another thought: the joystick bundled with TheC64Mini is recognised in
Windows - is there a way to use this with WinVICE or something?

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