So the last couple months, I've fallen down a c64 rabbit hole. It started
with me playing with emulators and re-learning 6502 assembly etc...

then I started a Youtube channel and did some tutorial vids on game
programming and asm, and then I made a c64 conversion of Wordle... and
that kinda exploded. haha

If anyone is interested in checking it out, it's called Not A Wizard and
is at: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8M0VmsO-i-8aDJNJH9NWXg

Google loves their super social media friendly URLs.. haha

Oh and I now have a real c64 and a TheC64 as well as the emulators which
I tend to use for making vids and playing around on..

Fun times :D


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Sounds interesting, I will need to check a few of your videos after work tonight. I am still falling down the hole myself. Never had a C64 in the day, we had an Apple II, but the recent discovery and purchase of TheC64 has got
me very interested.

Keima

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Sounds interesting, I will need to check a few of your videos after
work
tonight. I am still falling down the hole myself. Never had a C64 in
the day,
we had an Apple II, but the recent discovery and purchase of TheC64
has got
me very interested.

I just bit the bullet and bought a recapped C64. So excited. Now, on to a composite monitor and some peripherals...


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then I started a Youtube channel and did some tutorial vids on game programming and asm, and then I made a c64 conversion of Wordle... and that kinda exploded. haha

Whoa I was just watching those videos the other day! I've been falling down the C64 rabbit hole a lot lately.

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Hello JoE,

08 Feb 22 13:45, you wrote to All:

So the last couple months, I've fallen down a c64 rabbit hole. It
started with me playing with emulators and re-learning 6502 assembly etc...

then I started a Youtube channel and did some tutorial vids on game programming and asm, and then I made a c64 conversion of Wordle... and that kinda exploded. haha

If anyone is interested in checking it out, it's called Not A Wizard
and is at: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8M0VmsO-i-8aDJNJH9NWXg

Google loves their super social media friendly URLs.. haha

Oh and I now have a real c64 and a TheC64 as well as the emulators
which I tend to use for making vids and playing around on..

Fun times :D

Subscribed! :)


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Re: Fell down a C64 rabbit hole...
By: JoE DooM to All on Tue Feb 08 2022 01:45 pm

If anyone is interested in checking it out, it's called Not A Wizard and is at: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8M0VmsO-i-8aDJNJH9NWXg

Subscribed!

Oh and I now have a real c64 and a TheC64 as well as the emulators which
I tend to use for making vids and playing around on..

For 'TheC64', check out Project Carousel USB: An alternative carousel implementation which is much more powerful.

Have fun!
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I just bit the bullet and bought a recapped C64. So excited. Now, on to a composite monitor and some peripherals...

Right on, aLPHA - I've found that the C= community is really great... while it sucks, theres a couple awesome groups on FB that are VERY knowledgable about C= stuff...

Did you get any accessories? The best, IMO, is an Ultimate II+ - which is an SD2EIC and several other THINGS, at once... but an SD2EIC is great, and JiffyDOS makes things much quicker w/ better command line options for whipping around C= file systems easier.

Glad you took the plunge. I got into the C= demoscene and historical phreaking/hacking software - pretty fun to relive and learn things that were before my time.

Let us know what you dive into as you go... :P



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paulie420 wrote to aLPHA <=-

Glad you took the plunge. I got into the C= demoscene and historical phreaking/hacking software - pretty fun to relive and learn things that were before my time.

Ah, now you have me thinking about the beloved Compunet...

(At least until the first phone bill arrived, oops...)

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Sounds interesting, I will need to check a few of your videos after
work
tonight. I am still falling down the hole myself. Never had a C64 in
the day,
we had an Apple II, but the recent discovery and purchase of TheC64
has got
me very interested.

:) TheC64 is pretty cool.

I used Apple IIs at school, and friends had c64s, but my first computer
was quite late in life and was an Amiga.

I'm hoping that with the 6502 programming, I'll be able to make stuff
portable between c64's, Apple IIs, Ataris, and BBC Micros.

That's the dream. :)


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I just bit the bullet and bought a recapped C64. So excited. Now, on
to a composite monitor and some peripherals...

Awesome! congrats.


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Whoa I was just watching those videos the other day! I've been falling
down the C64 rabbit hole a lot lately.

hehe. It's been a lot more popular than I had anticipated.

Drop by in the comments of the vids and say hi if you haven't already :)


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Subscribed! :)

Thank you :) I appreciate that.
And hopefully you enjoy the videos too! haha


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Subscribed!

Thank you. I appreciate that. :)

For 'TheC64', check out Project Carousel USB: An alternative carousel implementation which is much more powerful.

Just had a look.. I have to confess I don't really use the carousel mode
and just go straight into c64 mode.

Their whole wiki article has no pictures at all. haha If the screenshot
on the banner is anything to go by, it doesn't look any different.

I don't understand the point of PCU.. reading the description, it lets
you use SD cards and other non USB stick devices?

There's mention of 7 different main modes, but no screenshots, so I'm a
bit confused as to whether they are functional or asthetic changes. haha

How do you use it?


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Right on, aLPHA - I've found that the C= community is really great...
while it sucks, theres a couple awesome groups on FB that are VERY knowledgable about C= stuff...

Shame that's it's FB. They should totally be using BBSs instead! haha

Glad you took the plunge. I got into the C= demoscene and historical phreaking/hacking software - pretty fun to relive and learn things
that were before my time.

You working on demos or learning? What's your specialty? Code, gfx, music?



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Re: Fell down a C64 rabbit hole...
By: JoE DooM to Mewcenary on Mon Feb 14 2022 10:43 am

For 'TheC64', check out Project Carousel USB: An alternative carousel
implementation which is much more powerful.

Just had a look.. I have to confess I don't really use the carousel mode and just go straight into c64 mode.

I can understand this view - The website does a really bad job of 'selling' exactly what the project is and what it adds beyond the usual Carousel.

Firstly, if you mostly enjoy the C64 mode anyway, it probably won't add much value for you.

Above and beyond the normal Carousel, the sorts of things which I've found usful are:

1. You can have more games installed. The normal Carousel has a limit. PCU lets you go beyond this, and have game categories and so on.

2. The project has available some pre-baked USB images which lots of games on them, all set to go with PCU. Again, the website doesn't help here - You really have to dig quite deep to find them!

3. There are also modes to spin up different types of emulators - not just C64. Obviously, the Amiga ones push the hardware a bit.

The PCU threads on the C64 forum help a bit with explaining. Unfortunately, to detangle it you need to read a combo of the web site and the different bits of information on the forum.

Hopefully this has helped explain it at least a little bit!

Mewcenary.
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I can understand this view - The website does a really bad job of
'selling' exactly what the project is and what it adds beyond the
usual Carousel.
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Hopefully this has helped explain it at least a little bit!

it does! thank you. They need to hire you as their marketing person
because that was far clearer than their website haha.

I might check it out now. ;)

One thing I want to do is find a better USB joystick for it, because the standard one is a bit ... substandard..

Actually, it'll be interesting to see if they make new ones for TheAmiga
and if they do, they should be compatible.


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