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I remember watching the finale!!!!!

@johnrheritage Devil’s Advocate: so that would make a Raspberry Pi “retro”

@sutehk Fair question -- I think "retro" also means making do with limited resources.. which this definitely has like the original.

Wait how can this be “retro” if it’s brand new and current hardware????? 😝

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@gordoslair New floppy drives! New Ramlinks! New Hard drives! New Ram Expansions! New WiFi Adapters! Now we need printer support!!!!!

@sutehk Very true and a lot of modern hardware.

@gordoslair But there are newly coded games too!!!!

@sutehk 8bit games.

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Great little player with retro cassette vibes….. really enjoy mine!!

Funny!!!!!

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@hirschnase Thanks for the pointers!

No, it's pretty easy. The C64U can be opened with three screws, the keyboard is connected via a short USB-C cable. The flat ribbon cable has noses so you can't connect it wrong (Pin 1 to the red mark of the cable), but the user port adapter needs to be turned facing upwards - and you need to twist the cable for that (see my picture). The WIC64 could be connected wrong potentially.

Finally got my WIC64 working on the Commodore 64 Ultimate 🔥

@gregnacu Wheels on a 128 is impressive….. unfortunately most of the GEOS software wasn’t written to take advantage of the 128 goodness at reverts back to 64 mode. But 80 columns on GeoFile and GeoWrite especially increases usability by leaps and bounds.

Wow, Wheels 128. Running in 80 column mode at 2Mhz. Something tells me this is a rarely seen operating system! GeoWrite on the VDC looks great. #C128 #C64

Definitely buying!

Good decision!!!!

@gregnacu @VirtualJames Your explanation is much better than mine….. Thanks!!!

@VirtualJames @sutehk It has an optional internal ramcard, used to max out at 16MB, 64MB or 256MB. It also has a RAM cartridge port. You can stick an 17xx REU or GEORAM in that port, and the RAM gets partitioned as fast storage with a full CMD-HD-like DOS.

The RAMLink hardware test program was giving me errors instantly and on every single pass, until I installed the timing clip. Now look! 👀 Many passes, zero errors. @sutehk #C64

@VirtualJames @gregnacu Well also the products were a bit pricey then…… and actually still are 😳

@VirtualJames @gregnacu CMD was a great company the products they came out with allowed the C64 use cases that extended its life. Unfortunately it was at the very end of the 8-bit era so they ended up being pretty niche.

@VirtualJames @gregnacu I’d say it’s more of a instantaneous access storage device with partitions like a hard drive but it can be connected to a cmd hard drive to allow faster access to the drive. It’s a hybrid device that is really its own thing.

@gregnacu @sutehk Is the RAMLink more like a hard drive than a standard REU? I'm sure I read you can still add an REU and battery backup, I think. I've never used one

@2ndaryProtocol Great movie!

Now Rewatching: ‘The Fog’ (1980) 😶‍🌫️ 🏴‍☠️ 👻 “𝟷𝟷:𝟻𝟻, 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙴𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝟷𝟸:𝟶𝟶, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖. 𝙸𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕, 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚂𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢, 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙱𝚢 𝙶𝚘𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚠𝚘, 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚐. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚔, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊, 𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚠, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚘 𝙱𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊, 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝚒𝚌𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑.”