King Atari Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Okay, I've heard that the C=128 is compatible with C=64 stuff, is this true? If so, with both carts and disks? I might look into this if it would mean me getting to play actual C=64 stuff again, without an emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 I believe that the C128 runs in three seperate modes...so yeah, the C64 mode should be fully compatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markimus of K. Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Yes, I've got a C=128 sitting 6 inches from me as my 'primary' Commodore and it is used mostly in C=64 mode. Totally compatible, hardware and software wise but with a much better keyboard. as always, Markimus of K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliColts Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Dont forget all of that extra memory!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted June 4, 2002 Author Share Posted June 4, 2002 *King Atari is excited* Excellent! Thanks for your help! King is gonna get himself a 128! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 My god! The C-128 is one of the BEST computers in the history of computers! Everyone should have one of these in my opinion... not only does it run every piece of C-64 software that I've been able to find, but in C-128 mode, it improves on everything that ever made the C-64 good! You can get an 80-column display finally! This makes things like decent terminal emulation and decent desktop publishing possible (Unfortunately, you can't do sprites in 80 column mode... that would have been killer!). I highly recommend you get yourself a 1902 monitor to take advantage of this feature though. If you get yourself a 1571 disk drive, you can finally read double sided disks... this is totally awesome, and should have been done a long time ago... of course, it's only useful to C-128 mode. Another change to the C-128 is that disks are now the primary medium, so when you hit Shift+Run/Stop, it will automatically load the first program on disk (as opposed to the C-64 trying to load from the tape). The C-128 also uses Basic 7.0 instead of 2.0... so there's a ton of new commands in case you like programming in Basic (I used to). There's a built-in machine language monitor in case you like programming in assembly (I do now). There's also CP/M mode if that's your thing (I was never big into it, but it's there if you want). The only thing better than the C-128 is the C-128D... which is the same thing, but with a desktop case and a detachable hard drive Damn, there's absolutely NOTHING bad about this computer! ... Oh, and try running Ultima 5 on the C-128... you'll get full music! Thank YOU extra ram! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I picked up a 128D for A$2 about 9 months ago. It worked for about 2 hours before the power supply died I've got a working C64, but I don't have anywhere to set it up. I picked up the "Freeze Machine" cart for A$5 a while back, boxed, but I haven't had a chance to try it. I've got 10 console games setup in my room, but there isn't room in any of the spots for a keyboard. Don't have my Amiga 500 setup either. And my XEGS is setup san-keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 What's Freeze Machine? A "hidden" backup/monitor cart? I used Action Replay on the C64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Yes, though not as good. I have one at home myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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