Finally: Broadband for the Commodore 64 442
GP writes "Now even die-hard Commodore 64 users are able to enjoy the benefits of broadband Internet connectivity. A newly announced Ethernet card together with the Contiki operating system lets you surf the web, send e-mail, host web sites with the built-in web server, and soon even play LAN games on your good old Commodore 64! All this with a computer that is old enough to drink."
Wahoo! (Score:5, Funny)
New kind of bottle neck (Score:5, Funny)
Uhmm.. (Score:4, Funny)
Am I the only person who has no idea just what in the hell that is supposed to mean?
And oh yeah, good job on the ethernet stuff for the C64.
alcohol problem... (Score:3, Funny)
Progression (Score:5, Funny)
Does this mean that some day, following a screwy bit of logical progression, I'll be able to run WindowMaker on my TI-56?
I can hardly wait! *hop*
Well thank God! (Score:5, Funny)
Post please (Score:5, Funny)
Equally impressive (Score:3, Funny)
I gotta tell you, being able to play "Combat" head-to-head over the Internet is an absolute revolution in gaming!
Re:Uhmm.. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Uhmm.. (Score:1, Funny)
Hey now, beer makes a GREAT coolant!
watch out (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uhmm.. (Score:5, Funny)
It means I feel old because my first computer was a Commodore Vic-20, which came out a few years before the 64.
Neat (Score:5, Funny)
C=64 sucks, ATARI RULES!!!!!!! (Score:4, Funny)
Your junk C=64 machine sucks. My Atari rules. ATASCII is soo much better than that ugly ASCII you have to use.
I was going to post this in all caps like any kid back then would have, but I decided to save everyone's eyes. (I think the lameness filter would have stoped that)
just the first step (Score:2, Funny)
Noooo dumbasses.... (Score:2, Funny)
D.
Commodore 64 ported to slashcode. (Score:2, Funny)
*** PerlBasic 0.9, for C64, BY A.C ***
*** 32095904383 basic bytes free ***
READY.
0 REM BSD IS DYING.
1 EINIT, JBQ0, 127.0.0.1
2 LPIPL,HTTP,"E"
10 JLX,E,ROX,40,slashdot,org,80
20 ROXP, SDPS, goatse.
30 PJP 20
40 ?RD, 0
PL, BB$59!
THE GOATSE.CX LAWYER SAID WE NEEDED A
WARNING, SO IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 OR YOU
ARE USING A COMMODORE 64, PLEASE DON'
T LOOK AT IT! THANK YOU
[ stinger ]
BSD IS DYING!
Re:New kind of bottle neck (Score:5, Funny)
It'll be the first ever time the CPU bus is a bottleneck to the Internet connection
But if the good ol' C64 is old enough to drink, can't it can buy those wide-mouth cans and avoid bottle necks entirely?
secret options (Score:5, Funny)
you can connect an original arcade(r) stick to the internet adaptor. By wiggling it left-right really fast you can help the adaptor process packets, thus upgrading its speed.
Hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
Irresponsible (Score:5, Funny)
It's bad enough that people who try putting their C64 on the Internet will probably lose all of their valuable data. What really worries me, though, is a plague of dozens of zombie C64 machines under the control of hackers bringing down valuable services like Google and Yahoo with DDoS attacks.
Liquid refreshment (Score:5, Funny)
Those impertinent whippersnappers... (Score:2, Funny)
How about old enough to run for President? [pdp8.net]
Re:Uhmm.. (Score:1, Funny)
Take that trolls! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Irresponsible (Score:4, Funny)
YOU OWE ME A NEW C64!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
All this with a computer that is old enough to drink
so I poured a beer into mine, and now it doesn't work...
It's just not the same. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Progression (Score:4, Funny)
>
> I can hardly wait! *hop*
If you have a difficult time with "waiting" then maybe running WindowMaker on a TI-56 isn't for you.
Re:New kind of bottle neck (Score:5, Funny)
Well, but it's great for streaming videos
Sigh... (Score:2, Funny)
Thanks for nothing Verizon...
Related projects (Score:5, Funny)
1. Climbing with gear from the 1800's
2. Souping up a Model T
3. Creating a fully automatic muzzle loader
4. Compression scemes for 5.25" floppies
5. Teaching a VERY old dog new tricks
Re:Uhmm.. (Score:1, Funny)
Pissed off, the mac leaves. On his way out, in comes a Pentium PC. It asks for a beer. The bartender says "we don't serve your kind here." PC leaves.
In ambles a C64 with a cocky stride. Bartender says "hey C64." C64 says, "hey Junis. Gimme a beer will ya?"
Re:Wahoo! (Score:5, Funny)
Comp.Sys.Amiga.Games needs your troll! (Score:1, Funny)
Goatse, Tubgirl, spin.gif, we need it all. Amiga is dying posts!
If you dont post in comp.sys.amiga.games then your a nullo! Body nullification [globalapathy.com]
Re:Uhmm.. (Score:5, Funny)
That means that this computer I loved so much years ago grew old and became a farting old drunkard who is jealous of my athlon workstation. I feel a little embarassed when I see him trying to keep up with the young generation. Now he got broadband. Drills new holes into his case. They are laughing behind his back. At night I hear him crying silently. I really breaks my heart.
No NetBurst (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Irresponsible (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our new 8-bit overlords...
Re:Wahoo! (Score:5, Funny)
Might I suggest a solution [michigandi...orneys.com] to this broadband problem.
First Command (Score:3, Funny)
-Chris
Re:C64 is actually FASTER than Sun Workstation (Score:4, Funny)