Posted By
MIK
on 2018-11-12
21:26:50
 |  Re: When do they want to refurbish the C+/4, too? :-)
What it is in short is Vice C64 in a box that runs via HDMI @ 720p. It runs on a version of Vice any way.
Since the last firmware update, (1.1.4) which was only released a couple of weeks back it has greatly improved the thing compared to what it was out of the box thanks to a new file browser. It now properly supports D64, G64, D81, D82, T64, TAP, PRG, P00 and even CRT!
Every different file you use gets 4 save state slots which save directly to your memory stick/sd card so you can carry on as before at a later date, that's cool.
It's not bad though, instead of having a PC fired up or laptop to mess with C64 this small box of tricks does the job well. A USB hub can add more USB ports so a real PC keyboard can be used, memory sticks, SD cards ect and a spare joystick or pad. Some wireless keyboards also work.
There is a slight 'sound' delay as you would expect from emulation but playing games is fine, you get used to it as you do going from the real thing to PC ect. I guess it started out as more of a toy because of the lack of file support but this last update has really made a difference. I have one just for messing about, saves me switching the real thing on when all I want to do is have a quick mess about.
An all in one that does C64, C128, Plus/4 and Vic 20 would of been sweat though and it's very possible of course. Maybe another 10 years we might get lucky or someone hacks one so it does more.
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