> My C64 now has a USB interface.
The controller for which is probably faster and has more memory than the C64 itself :) So maybe it's more like your USB controller now has a C64? :)
The controller for which is probably faster and has more memory than the C64 itself :) So maybe it's more like your USB controller now has a C64? :)
That aside, have you seen what Jeff Minter and co could do with a C64? You have around 40Kb RAM to play with. You've got the SID for sound and sprites are a thing. Thank the good $DEITY that your storage isn't as noisy as a Spectrum and you have a decent amount of memory to work with. Now make a game to run on this thing!
I can see a Quickshot II across the dining room (WFH.) Hmmmm, when lunch time turns up I think some Mutant Camels will need a good kicking.
Also some of the optimisations (The Hobbit on the BBC micro actually using screen memory to load the game) and "friendly rivalry" between developers and copiers (I remember trying to Hack Frak! on the BBC micro and it detecting this and playing the Jolly Roger).
I did see the harddrive Linux thing yes, I think it was shown at SHA2017 too.
And I was just joking about the controller having a C64 indeed :) Of course functionally the C64 is more versatile despite having less resources.