Hacking the C64DTV, it's not your average retro DTV device!

[adolescent]

Couple of problems as I see them.

Compatibility - The system was designed to run only the games that are in the compilation.  Compatibility with other games is very low so far, especially games with fast loaders.

Stick - The joystick sucks.  When I mod mine I'm going to swap out the stick with another stick and some better quality buttons.

Case - with the mods (flash, etc.) being developed, it's going to need a new case/power source (needed for the keyboard already).  Finding a suitable project box that doesn't make the entire system bigger than a normal C64 is the challenge.

[adolescent]

The PAL version is set to come out early next year.  The exclusive UK (actually, everywhere in the world except North America) distributor is the toy:lobster company.

http://www.toylobster.com/toylobsterweb/products_c64.htm

[adolescent]

bloodline wrote:
Hmmmm.... Until I see some proper Tecnical documentation, this C64DTV is nothing more than an Emuator running on a single chip computer :-D

It's not an emulator running on a single chip computer. It's just a single chip computer.  And, while I agree that UAE on the PocketPC is cool, as is VICE, etc.  The entry price for the C64DTV is in line with buying a used C64 ($30) and it offers some new features (256 colors, DMA, PC keyboard, etc.) that make it interesting to the C64 scene.  

 

[adolescent]

mdma wrote:

We invented TV so what we say goes! :-P ;-)

You did?  I thought you were from the UK not the US.

[adolescent]

mdma wrote:

adolescent wrote:

mdma wrote:

We invented TV so what we say goes! :-P ;-)

You did?  I thought you were from the UK not the US.

What do they teach you in school over there?  :roll:

Next you'll be telling us the yanks invented the train too!

What do they teach you over there?  Obviously what was invented by Farnsworth was more like the modern television than Baird's mechanical set.

[adolescent]

mdma wrote:

Seriously, John Logie Baird invented the television in 1926 in Soho, London.

John Logie Baird

And, like I said his "television" was nothing like the modern TV.  And, there were other mechanical devices like his long before.  If you choose to ignore this fact and the rest of history then it's up to you.  But Baird did not invent the television.