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"Gordon Henderson" <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Rob Beard wrote: > >> "Gordon Henderson" <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx >>> >> >> The page isn't loading properly for me, but am I right in thinking >it's >> a PC in a keyboard rather than a Commodore 64 compatible? > >Yes - which boots into a C64 emulator. (But you can boot it into >anything >PCish) > >> If it's the one I'm thinking of, some company has licensed the >Commodore >> name and is milking it for what they can. >> >> Shame really as I'd happily go out and buy a reasonably costing C64 >> clone (by reasonable I mean no more than about 30 quid, which I guess > >> unless it's a bulk manufactured item like the C64 clone in a >joystick. >> >> Rob -- Sent from my ZX Spectrum > >Haha.. I once wrote a bit-banging rs232 driver for a spectrum. In >assembler. The only thing I've ever done on them. Nasty bit of work >that >Z80... (cue CPU wars - the 6502 was better ;-) > >Gordon > >-- >The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq Cool, I've occasionally seen hardware hacks for the Spectrum, C64 and even the Atari 8-Bits. Only recently I watched a video on the BBC website about someone attaching their Speccy to the internet so they could send tweets. Alas, I'm sending this from my phone, I thought the signature would be abit more amusing than putting "Sent from my Android" or even worse, sent from my iphone. Rob -- Sent from my ZX Spectrum -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq