Es ist bemerkenswert wie die Leute auf Apple Devotionalien abfahren. Die alten Apple I Geräte, seinerzeit von Steve 'the Woz' Wozniak und Steve Jobs zusammengeschraubt erreichen bei Auktionen regelmäßig die 100000$ Schallmauer.



Gerade diese Woche ist wieder ein Modell bei einer Auktion in Köln unterm Hammer. Mal ganz ehrlich: Für alle die nicht mit Apple Bettwäsche und Schlafanzug in die Heia gehen, ist das nicht nachvollziehbar

Aber wer trotzdem mal ausprobieren möchte wie ein APPLE I sich anfühlt, sei angehalten eine Emulator zu bemühen:
Seit letzter Woche gibt es einen APPLE I Emulator für den C64 \o/
http://csdb.dk/release/?id=118857

Und der funktioniert haar genauso wie der echte Apple I mit ein paar kleinen Ausnahmen:
- Man kann die Commodore Floppy ansprechen und von Diskette (!) laden (original wurden nur Kasetten unterstützt)
- Aleksi Eeben hat sein C'mon Programm auf den APPLE I portiert. Damit ist das das erste neue APPLE I Programm seit bestimmt einer Dekade :-D



Also. nix wie ran ans Obst!

Assembloids, a puzzle reaction game, hit the C64 Market.
Even though it has been available for quiet a long time as download, 'heavystylus' started selling it as Cartridge Version.
No need to tell you that I love Mr. Monkmans Carts, with the lovely stickers inside the cardboard boxes. So I purchased my Cart and I am really happy about it

If you as non C64 User want to try out this lovely game, check the prequel, a PC flash game: http://www.gimme5games.com/play-game/quartet

The C64 Version is a bit faster and more tricky than the flash version, but the characters look quiet idetntically. The Pixel Artist is called ILKke and (ftw) all robots really look heavyly inspired by Ptoing, my #1 pixelat0r ...

So much reasons to give this game a try!



have fun!
webdoktor

Both computers share a UART RS232 ("serial") port in TTL levels,
the C64 0 / 5V, the RPi 0 / 3.3V

if you connect this 2 direct you may damage your raspberry's CPU.
I found out 2 ways of combining the two:

My first (and used, working) idea was to use max232 chips to get the original RS232 level on both sides.
I already used this to connect my c64 to my PC, for the rpi I ordered such an interface for 2$ on ebay.
You need to connect the uart-rs232 module to the GPIO pins as shown in this picture:

(from http://www.savagehomeautomation.com/pro ... -port.html )

connect it to your C64, set up yout raspberry to talk in a speed your c64 can follow
in /etc/inittab set the last line to

T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 300 cater

(which means 300 baud , terminal emulation 'cater' on the serial line)

Visit http://formica.nusseis.de/Cater/index.html to teach your Raspberry to use a language your C64 understands.

done :-D



You are now able to use Your C64 as an I/O for the Rpi (so much acronyms ). For more on this topic visit one of my prior postings on the topic "connecting a c64 to a PC."

The more advanced version to connect both computers is not to wire them via level up / level down switching, but rather just cut the 5 V down to 3.3 ... I found some tipps here: http://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/276083 ... should work as well ;-)
UPDATE:
founf this in a german electronics shop: http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/NDk1OTgxOT ... ional.html
should be the one you search for ;)

have fun experimenting !
webdoctor

terminal programs for your 30 year old commodore is nothing really new, but this one is a bit special:
it is designed as a cartridge, so you do not have to load any programm, but rather just turn on your c64.
the serial connection is being etablished with the build in 232 routines; very simple, but slow.
just a little glue to get the same voltage levels on both sides, C64 and Linux PC...

On the PC side you need to teach your Linux to talk not too much (40 colums 25 rows on the c64)

the authors manual is great: http://formica.nusseis.de/Cater/
seht und staunt:

well, i love destoying kitschy oilpaintings
this in my 5th.... (not really ready the invaders eyes are missing)
before I've damaged some alpine panaorama with lemmings, pacman and tetris, right now its

space invaders

\o/