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from: Andreas Kohlbach
date: 2020-01-08 16:18:00
subject: Re: Commodore 64 mini

On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 05:15:13 +1100, Ez wrote:
>
> Michael Freitag wrote:
>> Rudolf Harras  wrote:
>> Every C64 of mine have been opened as I am electronic technician. So also 
this :)
>> My first fear was, that there would work a Raspberry with some
>> VICE. This is definitely NOT the case.
>
> No, it is a cheap SOC running VICE just like the original "mini", and
> without any credits to the VICE team or source code as required by the
> GPL.
>
>> It looks like they put the complete C64 hardware and their own
>> system on a custom chip. I've not seen any lag, so I think its
>> original hardware pressed in the chip or a very very fast
>> emulation. Not bad anyway!
>
> No it is not "original hardware pressed in the chip", it is running
> VICE. If it was "original hardware" you'd be able to use a normal
> joystick like you could on a DTV (which was a hardware implementation,
> not an emulator).
>
> The other give away is you can boot into a VIC-20 which has completely
> different hardware to a c64 (other than the keyboard).

And still uses VICE.
--
Andreas

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