[ale] OT: Commodore 64c

[Christopher R. Curzio]

I still have my Q-Link T-shirts and keyboard overlays somewhere. 

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:wq!


Thus Spake "Kevin J. Schmidt" <kschmidt at mindspring.com>:
29 Oct 2002 10:09:07 -0500


> Anyone remember Quantumlink? :-) AOL ended up buying their facilities,
> etc.
> 
> On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 08:31, Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
> > My Commodore 128 (used almost exclusively in 64 mode) never had any
> > problems running my endless stacks of C64 software. The only time I
> > used 128 mode was when I came across rare software that needed it. Any
> > other time, the machine immediately booted into 64 mode thanks to the
> > Epyx FastLoad.
> > 
> > Plus, this was via a true 1571, a 1571 clone, and occasionally (albeit
> > rarely) a 1581. My brother and I had several 1541s, and used them to
> > run our BBS. 
> > 
> > Never saw a problem running anything, really. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Christopher R. Curzio     |  Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax
> > http://www.accipiter.org  |  si marmota monax materiam possit
> > materiari?:wq!
> > 
> > 
> > Thus Spake "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham at alltel.net>:
> > Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:45:27 -0500
> > 
> > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Anyone know if the C64c is compatible with the old regular C64
> > > > (i.e., games for C64 will run on the C64c)?
> > > 
> > > For the most part, yes, but a few things won't run.  It's really
> > > wierd, if you have a C64c and the new version of the floppy drive
> > > (1571), it will run about 90% of the software, if you have a C64c
> > > and the old style of the floppy drive (1541), it will run about 95%
> > > of the software.  Now, the C128, in C64 mode, with the 1571 floppy
> > > drive will run about 99.9% of all C64 software.
> > > 
> > > Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> > > (former Commodore ubergeek)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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