C64 stuff

[mechy]

1541 Ultimate II

+1 on the ultimate 1541 II

there are also some fun addons if you like burning eproms etc, like jason ranhiems promenade c1

I have one of jens c64 reloaded boards, its pretty cool.

[mechy]

Website for it is down. Can you tell me more about it?

this comparison might shed some light on it:

https://ilesj.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/1541-ultimate-original-vs-ultimate-ii/

[mechy]

Thanks all. Can the 1541 Ultimate, Chameleon, or similar devices defeat copy protection? In other words, can I just connect my stock 1541 drive and back up my old commercial programs to .d64 files? I've seen other devices that allow you to connect a 1541 to a computer over USB or parallel, but you need to replace some chips or add new cables on the 1541 to bypass copy protection.

Or alternatively, is there a C64 equivalent repository to SPS that I can check to make sure *someone* has safely archived (stock versions of) all my old software?

Much of the tosec and caps stuff is probably pal software, but check out the CSDB for many cracks of software. you may find all of your stuff in these collections.

if you cant get a 1541U2 then follow robertB's suggestions for jiffydos etc,

[mechy]

Anybody here have one of these?  

http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/C64_reloaded

I do.. its a pretty cool board.