Getting a C64 up and running?

[redrumloa]

C64 should be very reasonable;the shipping is likely to be more than the 64 set.

I would suggest getting a 64C just because the case is nicer and a 1541-II disk drive ,JiffyDos chips are a big plus if installed.Jim Brain's uIEC  board and or the xe1541 device that allows  direct cable connection to a PC for file transfer would be good add-ons.

Only problem with the 64c is has 8580 SID chip instead of 6581. Small differences between the 2 sound chips, but the 8580 is lacking in some areas...

[redrumloa]

Thats good advice. Was not familiar with the jiffydos chip.

So the uIEC that was linked, how does that work exactly?

I load disk images unto an SD card and....then what happens?


Thanks guys and sorry for the stupid questions

From the C64 the uIEC looks like a floppy drive with a ton of storage. You load PRG files normally through LOAD or JiffDOS commands. To use a disk image, it is a bit more complicated without JIffyDOS having to use OPEN command. With JiffyDOS you just use @CD:GAME.D64 to switch to that disk image. It sees disk images as a directory. Once you switch into the disk image, load like you normally would.

[redrumloa]

Speaking of C64 and uIEC, a bounty to add Geos support to the uIEC(sd2iec firmware) has been assigned and is currently beind developed.

http://commodorebounty.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=53

The uIEC is an absolutely amazing device and dirt cheap by retro standards. You plug it in, learn a couple simple concepts and you are off and using it with no headaches.

[redrumloa]

The 1541 Ultimate II is the best your money can buy. None of the others come close in compatibility. Think trackloaders and disk turbos. Not all games / demos are single file.

Who says uIEC only uses single file PRG? Besides, where can someone actually buy a 1541 Ultimate II? Link please.

[redrumloa]

I've had good luck with most games that had their fastloaders removed or the option to disable them, I seem to recall a lot of "Remember" releases in particular working fine on my uIEC, and as red said, they weren't single file games.

I would also like to mention that some fastloaders are supported such as JiffyDOS, The Final Cartridge and DreamLoad. This covers a bunch of the D64s out there. Geos fastloader support is on the way.