Subj : Re: Commodore 64 mini To : All From : Andreas Kohlbach Date : Wed Jan 08 2020 04:18 pm On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 05:15:13 +1100, Ez wrote: > > Michael Freitag wrote: >> Rudolf Harras wrote: >> Every C64 of mine have been opened as I am electronic technician. So also this :) >> My first fear was, that there would work a Raspberry with some >> VICE. This is definitely NOT the case. > > No, it is a cheap SOC running VICE just like the original "mini", and > without any credits to the VICE team or source code as required by the > GPL. > >> It looks like they put the complete C64 hardware and their own >> system on a custom chip. I've not seen any lag, so I think its >> original hardware pressed in the chip or a very very fast >> emulation. Not bad anyway! > > No it is not "original hardware pressed in the chip", it is running > VICE. If it was "original hardware" you'd be able to use a normal > joystick like you could on a DTV (which was a hardware implementation, > not an emulator). > > The other give away is you can boot into a VIC-20 which has completely > different hardware to a c64 (other than the keyboard). And still uses VICE. -- Andreas --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .