C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts

Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by baldfat on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:20PM (#18007302)

I had a 300 baud modem and text wouldn't even download close to reading speed. I need to see if this will work on my old C64 machine. Would be fun to go through a few BBS that are still around.

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by jandrese on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:40PM (#18008718)

Even in the 90s BBS experience on a C64 was pretty dismal. Everybody was running 80x24 screens and the operators had to assume it was safe.

Shame too, because ANSI artists could have done some even more impressive works with the PETSCII character set but the world had already moved on by that point.

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by erickhill on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:31PM (#18009770)

The BBS scene is still alive. These days, people "dial in" via telnet via WiFi modems (among other ways) using their old 8-bit and 16/32-bit hardware (e.g. Amiga). And, as long as you set your stuff to 9600 baud, it's absolutely fast enough.

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Re:C64 OS: A Commodore 64 OS with Modern Concepts by tyingq on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:41PM (#18009270)

It was fine, in the 80's, for me, because I didn't have anything better to compare it to.

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