#Wargames - My favorite #movie of all time. With the #Mega65 version for the Wargames simulator I can be David Lightman myself.
https://files.mega65.org/html/main.php?id=4baa92ff-94d2-4751-8f5d-1f1932b161bc
Copied it onto a 3.5" #floppy to run on the mega. It's simulating David's #IMSAI8080 and #CPM with dialers and everything!
It's a game to be played on an #8bit machine for sure!
Now, my #MEGA65 is not only a MEGA65 and #Commodore #C65 prototype, but it also has become a #C64, as well as all #CBM / #PET models, like the #PET2001 and the other models, both normal and business types.
There are other cores too, such as a ZX Spectrum, Game Boy, Galaga, Bombjack, Ghosts'n Goblins, etc.
There also seem to be more in some form of development stage.
Just finished reading the 29th #Discworld novel Nightwatch and felt like I wanted play some #DiscworldMUD this morning.
The #Mega65 is such a great retro experience for stuff like this. Works great with #C64 Cartridges and software.
This is #TotallyNormalComputing in #8bit
Using my #Mega65 in #C64 mode with a #TeensyROM cartridge to connect using NovaTerm over Swiftlink to a local shell on my #Mac Studio.
With 80 column mode, VT102 and ansi colors.
Inserted the #TeensyROM cart to the #Mega65, firmware updated it and connected the ethernet cable.
Works right out of the box with with dhcp. I connected to The Oasis #BBS to try out this new toy.
Bought myself a #TeensyROM cartridge as a #Christmas gift to myself and It arrived today. But I could not wait until the 24th so I opened it a few days too early.
I friend printed out cases in different colors so I had some hard choices to make which one to use. But I think i'm going with the white one and use the button from the red one.
Der #Commodore 64 gilt als der meistverkaufte Heimcomputer der Welt. Weithin unbekannt ist sein Nachfolger, der C65. Es existieren von diesem Gerät nur wenige Prototypen mit hohem Sammlerwert.
The #MEGA65 can do very much advanced stuff in #BASIC which its predecessors could not do. The older #Commodore computers were very limited compared to the #C65 prototype, even the #C64. And the MEGA65 has even more to offer.
Things like for example saving and loading an IFF image file just takes one single command in BASIC. It took significantly more on the #Commodore64.
Starting the #Mega65 journey.
Connected to HDMI and the built in monitor speakers works too.
A printed manual is great to have to get the nostalgic experience of the computers of old.
Ethernet works great over IPv6 to send files over from my Mac.
Formatting 3.5" #floppy disks during lunch break today.
Next up is investigating how to populate SD Cards with all the essentials.
The MEGA 65 unpacked. Along comes the User's Guide, which closely resembles that of the real #Commodore64.
YESSSSS! Finally! #Today is #Christmas! 
My #MEGA65 finally arrived after waiting for 2 years, 2 months and 2 weeks. The MEGA 65 is a successor and enhancement to the venerable #Commodore64. It is up to 40 times faster and C65 compatible. Everything is available on #GitHub.
The #MEGA65 emulation seems to work well: I tried a couple of native demos and a preview of an upcoming game called Lala The Magical.
https://files.mega65.org?id=a0182829-1a5a-4e3a-a666-b52eafaa3ec9
#c65 #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit
Today I tried #Xemu, the only emulator for the #MEGA65
I built it from sources on Linux without trouble, then followed the online instructions to obtain the original #C65 rom and patch it with the latest improvements from the MEGA65 devs.
https://github.com/lgblgblgb/xemu
#retrocomputing #commodore #c64
Rare Prototype C65. The 'Commodore 65 Classroom', a cost reduction model. http://cbmsteve.ca
Credit https://x.com/CommodoreBlog
Ab ca. Mitte Juni soll der MEGA 65 wieder verfügbar sein. Verdammt, 800 Euro sind echt nicht ohne. Aber ich grübele, ob das nicht vielleicht der bessere Schritt für #retrogaming ist. Zumal da alles dabei ist, was man sich wünscht und bei einem C64 erst noch dazu kaufen müsste. Was natürlich die Investitionssumme ebenfalls in die Höhe treibt ...
Der #Commodore 64 gilt als der meistverkaufte Heimcomputer der Welt. Weithin unbekannt ist sein Nachfolger, der C65. Es existieren von diesem Gerät nur wenige Prototypen mit hohem Sammlerwert.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #commodore #c65 @xexer questa è una delle cose che sono riuscito a prendere anni fa per (giuro) pochissimi euro... un sample di produzione della tastiera del #c65 senza ancora il lettering... Risulta però presente la parte relativa all'asci pet ed ai vari comandi tipica del #c65 nella parte bassa dei tasti...
The #Mega65 is probably the closest anyone can get to owning a #commodore #C65.
The original C65 prototype never had a badge, but imo this grey badge is probably the most timeline-correct.
@martin_piper correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm glad retrobadgeman.com made these.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #C64
New badges for my projects have arrived from retrobadgeman.com.
He even included some gifts, I really appreciate it.
These look great, thanks a lot mate!
#retrogaming #RetroComputing #Commodore #C65 #VIC20 #Amiga #eotb #C64
