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The WiC64 Brings Classic Commodores Online, Google Maps Included
- andrewstuart 4y agoIts interesting how much more you can get out of a C64 when you attach unlimited storage and super fast communication with that storage via the cartridge port. I'm thinking Eye of The Beholder.
- nine_k 4y agoYes: finally your C64 is attached to a supercomputer, with a connection to the mysterious and vast cyberspace, and you can explore it right from your darkened room with a flickering screen. Wasn't that the dream 40 years ago when c64 was introduced?
- ihatepython 4y ago> Wasn't that the dream 40 years ago when c64 was introduced? I'd say back then it was just an information superhighway.
- TMWNN 4y agoEven more for the Commodore 64. While all contemporary microcomputers had a presence on online services and BBSs, starting with the VIC-20 Commodore really pushed its VICmodem (compatible with the 64) and other modems, and included a promotional offer for CompuServe, the largest online service. There's a reason why QuantumLink existed for 64, and not (say) Apple II.
- bitwize 4y ago40 years later and we still can't keep up with the Commodore.
- guytv 4y agocan we please get some C-64 like ergonomic keyboards ?
- Aldipower 4y agoHere you are :) https://www.hackster.io/news/commodore-64-keyboard-to-usb-converter-for-use-with-vice-and-mister-84b205f86355 https://www.hackster.io/news/commodore-64-keyboard-to-usb-co... There are way more examples by the way you can find in Google.
- TMWNN 4y agoI wonder how this compares to Fujinet for Atari 8-bit? WIC64, by being plugged into the user port, is inherently limited in some ways (such as autostarting, as opposed to installing WIC64's ROM, or running a program on the computer to boostrap the device) that Fujinet avoids because of SIO's functionality. Recent discussion on the topic <https://np.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/10cktls/the_fujinet_wifi_for_the_atari_400800/ https://np.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/10cktls...>
- BirAdam 4y agoI absolutely love this. Unfortunately, I do not own a C64. Prices for both newly manufactured boards, and for vintage units are rather high, and I therefore doubt that I will ever own one… sadly.
- renewedrebecca 4y agoI have one I'd be willing to part with... It was literally stored in a barn, so it's a bit dirty, but a good scrubbing, and you'd be good to go.