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by metalfoot
Fri May 01, 2015 7:37 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: C64 with 1 MB RAM
Replies: 11
Views: 8793

Re: C64 with 1 MB RAM

I think in extra RAM you could do all sorts of storage for page-flipping and what not, but it seems to me that color RAM is hard-coded in the C64, so regardless, that'd still be a bottleneck of sorts.
by metalfoot
Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:25 pm
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: 22k for a Commodore 65?
Replies: 2
Views: 2991

Re: 22k for a Commodore 65?

I would kind of like to go back in time to when I was about 15 or so and the ads for the C65 for $99 were out there, and order one. Could have made a …login to view the rest of this post
by metalfoot
Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:08 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What's in your fridge?
Replies: 11
Views: 9623

Re: What's in your fridge?

Food. Various sorts. Left overs, mainly, and condiments.
by metalfoot
Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:31 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Commodore monitor no signal
Replies: 2
Views: 3297

Re: Commodore monitor no signal

What was the problem?
by metalfoot
Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:28 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Commodore w/Modern Monitor
Replies: 28
Views: 18115

Re: Commodore w/Modern Monitor

There are a number of different composite/S-Video to VGA signal converters. I have one called Video Game Jockey by Startech.com ... it does the trick.
by metalfoot
Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:20 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: RIP Robin Williams :-(
Replies: 4
Views: 5685

Re: RIP Robin Williams :-(

Indeed. Brilliant comedian. Depression's a terrible illness.
by metalfoot
Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:21 pm
Forum: BASIC
Topic: beginners text adventure problem
Replies: 20
Views: 21492

Re: beginners text adventure problem

Shaun... wouldn't all the concatenation of strings eat up memory from the top down and cause a lot of garbage collection too? (Maybe not as big a problem on the VIC because with less memory garbage collection would be going all the time...)
by metalfoot
Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:36 am
Forum: BASIC
Topic: beginners text adventure problem
Replies: 20
Views: 21492

Re: beginners text adventure problem

There's no command 'else' in Commodore 64 Basic, which is part of the problem.
by metalfoot
Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:54 pm
Forum: Assembly
Topic: If I were to start in Assembler...
Replies: 18
Views: 11892

Re: If I were to start in Assembler...

I'm still waiting for life to slow down a little, but I have started on the suggested reading list.
by metalfoot
Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:09 am
Forum: Game Coding
Topic: Taipan with graphics.
Replies: 19
Views: 16323

Re: Taipan with graphics.

Hi-res or bitmap? I'm not familiar enough with the original to help here, but sounds like a fun ideaa.