« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2016, 10:07:46 PM »
Yeah, it is a really powerful computer.
Unfortunately, I have been doing some research and found that this 80-column PET won't run a lot of the older 40-column PET games. Space Invaders, for instance, won't run, which is one of the best PET games. I think almost all PET games were intended for the 40 column models.
So, unless I want to use this SuperPET mostly for programming, BBS'ing, or word processing, it won't be that much of a "fun" machine (no old games).
It's possible to use a software 40 column driver, but it's not a real 40 columns. A hardware modification might also be possible, but not easy to do (nor not sure if I'd want to do that to a SuperPET).
:-(
Please don't modify a SuperPet just to give it compatibilty with older models.
Its a rare system that is significantly more capable than a standard Pet.
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