[ale] OT: former Commodore ubergeek

[tslane at attbi.com]

** sigh... **

I remember reading in "Just for Fun" how Linus started
out shadowing the C64 kernel/BASIC to the underlying RAM
blocks for hacking/customizing and thinking:

"HEY!  I used to do THAT!"

somewhere along the line he went on to write Linux and I
went on to become a mild-mannered (well, not always MILD)
Oracle DBA & (now) Linux sysadmin.

oh, well, I guess there are worse jobs out there...  ;-)
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From:    "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham at alltel.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To:      "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>, <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Commodore 64c
Date:    Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:45:27 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
To: ale at ale.org


> Anyone know if the C64c is compatible with the old regular C64 (i.e.,
> games for C64 will run on the C64c)?

For the most part, yes, but a few things won't run.  It's really wierd, if
you have a C64c and the new version of the floppy drive (1571), it will run
about 90% of the software, if you have a C64c and the old style of the
floppy drive (1541), it will run about 95% of the software.  Now, the C128,
in C64 mode, with the 1571 floppy drive will run about 99.9% of all C64
software.

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
(former Commodore ubergeek)



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