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Do you unplug it when you go to sleep?

bananaman114 wrote:

Lol. The C64...   dus naut no maths.

Yes it does, the "41" and "1" was my input. I1 and I2 are variables.

Can it do anything else?

Hey PW132, try this:

10 INPUT I1
20 FOR I=1 TO 50
30 PRINT I1+I
40 NEXT I
50 PRINT "DONE!"

I want a C64! But I can't get one. 

I've found a bit of a problem. Most .TAP files are PAL native, so they run too fast and I can't find something to convert the two. And most NTSC images are .D64, so I can't use them on my tape drive or find a way to convert them! I NEED A DISK DRIVE FAST.

Last edited by PW132 (2010-10-10 23:17:04)

Ace-Of-Diamonds wrote:

.TAP files?

TAPe images.

fire219 wrote:

PW132 wrote:

I've found a bit of a problem. Most .TAP files are PAL native, so they run too fast and I can't find something to convert the two. And most NTSC images are .D64, so I can't use them on my tape drive or find a way to convert them! I NEED A DISK DRIVE FAST.

I guess with the .TAP files, there might be a converter somewhere. For the disk drive, Ebay, of course.

I can't help much with this. I guess you should return the C64 and get a PAL one, and a power converter and a physical PAL signal to NTSC signal converter.    JK.

Thanks for trying though. 

coolboy2009 wrote:

PW132 wrote:

Such goes the story of my newly-acquired Commodore 64. 
http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/C … ntview.jpg

When I first unpacked it, it was...much larger than I expected. While I expected it to be about 3/5ths of a foot, it was a full foot. I now have no more empty space on the Gameframe. Same went with the power brick.
http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/test/images/c64.jpg

After a confusing process of hooking it up, which consisted of putting the power cord in the wrong hole on the C64, thinking it broke, then realizing I put it in the wrong hole instead of the clearly labeled "Power" socket, i turned it on. It booted and gave me the BASIC screen.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4 … screen.jpg

After typing "HEY LOOK I CAN TYPE WITH THIS THING" for no reason, then getting "?SYN ERROR," I went upstairs. When we went to my grandmas, where all our packages arrive, I dug a cassette recorder out of the closet and brought it home as well as the Commodore and the cassette drive (I couldn't use this because it can only hook up to the C64) so I could write .TAP images to it. (To see how datasette drives woark, click here.)

After streaming a screeching noise that was a C64 Game onto the tape (this took 5 minutes to record) I loaded it into the datasette drive, I turned the C64 on and typed in "LOAD:" and pressed "RETURN." It prompted me with "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE." I did, waited and read a book, and it loaded the tape. I typed in "LIST." Blank. I repeated the process. Nothing. It turned out that the recording machine was WAAAY too low quality, and the C64 wouldn't read it. I then gave up and wrote my own program on the C64.

Code:

10 INPUT I1
20 INPUT 12
30 PRINT I1+12
40 PRINT "DONE!"

(I1 and I2 are variables.) I saved it to the cassette, turned the machine off and on, and loaded it. I typed in "RUN"

Code:

? 41
? 1
 42
DONE!

(41 and 1 are my input. The ? marks are the C64 asking for my input.)
TL;DR:
It works, I need games and a better tape recorder.

Isn't that thing rare?

Not really. Just need to know where to look. (EBAY)
The thing was the best selling computer of all time, it really isn't that difficult to find them on Ebay.

svinnik wrote:

How much did it cost?

System itself: 20.00 About.
Datasette Drive: 25.00?

Well, it's current main function until I get some games is to play music.