Post by Jeff Ledger on Feb 21, 2007 0:33:21 GMT -5
I was reviewing some old newsgroup postings for the last few years around our little C= microcomputer, and must say that we've experienced an incredible ride in the last few years. Some fantastic mile markers which rival Commodore's original days....
Modem Emulation over Internet / BBS Revival
Not one, but two solid PETSCII terminals for the PC
Rebuild and relaunch of Qlink
Introduction of two commercial SD/MMC storage projects
Several working "free" designs of various storage solutions
Three different hackable products with "CBM" compatible chips
Two commercial solutions for Ethernet connections
I'm not sure how much is left, or what the future holds for our little collectible, but I would say that the Commodore 64 is *far* from dead. I personally made my "return" purchase of my 2nd C64 off of Ebay back in 2002, and I must say the last five years have been a wild ride with this hobby... Wow..
I was also pondering what project directions this amazing creature might go in next...
Commodore VGA interface. (Been attempted a couple times, but keeps popping up vaporware. Perhaps that propeller chip could be used somehow for this... Programmable with VGA output.. Hmmm)
Commodore Markup Language: (This is an area that could use volunteers. I'm imaging an Internet that runs parallel with the existing one, only for the 64, using sprites, sound, and color. Much work to be done here!)
An online library of games, in PRG format when possible, .d64 when necessary, every one tested for both NTSC and PAL compatibility. (Most of our existing libraries were designed with emulation in mind, now with all these storage options for the real thing, it's time to update.)
Expansion of the Qlink system to include live data from multiple sources. (Last I heard this project needed a good PHP/MySQL programmer again.)
Where do you C= our machine heading into the future?
Modem Emulation over Internet / BBS Revival
Not one, but two solid PETSCII terminals for the PC
Rebuild and relaunch of Qlink
Introduction of two commercial SD/MMC storage projects
Several working "free" designs of various storage solutions
Three different hackable products with "CBM" compatible chips
Two commercial solutions for Ethernet connections
I'm not sure how much is left, or what the future holds for our little collectible, but I would say that the Commodore 64 is *far* from dead. I personally made my "return" purchase of my 2nd C64 off of Ebay back in 2002, and I must say the last five years have been a wild ride with this hobby... Wow..
I was also pondering what project directions this amazing creature might go in next...
Commodore VGA interface. (Been attempted a couple times, but keeps popping up vaporware. Perhaps that propeller chip could be used somehow for this... Programmable with VGA output.. Hmmm)
Commodore Markup Language: (This is an area that could use volunteers. I'm imaging an Internet that runs parallel with the existing one, only for the 64, using sprites, sound, and color. Much work to be done here!)
An online library of games, in PRG format when possible, .d64 when necessary, every one tested for both NTSC and PAL compatibility. (Most of our existing libraries were designed with emulation in mind, now with all these storage options for the real thing, it's time to update.)
Expansion of the Qlink system to include live data from multiple sources. (Last I heard this project needed a good PHP/MySQL programmer again.)
Where do you C= our machine heading into the future?