C64 question

I don't have my 128D up (still packed from a move 2 yrs ago) but I have links to some Commode-ore sites that have info, files, etc and one of them is a browser (text based) that is supposed to work out on the internet with a commodore and modem. I'm sure that I saw mention of a way to have the program mailed to you on a C64 format floppy or to a BBS that you could use a common program to download it from. Again, it's been a couple years since I broke mine out but I know there are all sorts of Commodore sites and files on the net. The term/name Brain seems to come to mind... -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ross Archer Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:44 AM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: C64 question Okay, I picked up quite a haul for $20: * Commodore 64 in almost-new looking condition, original box * 1541 Disk drive, in original box (but no disk drive manual :( * 1525 Printer, in box * Programmer's Reference Guide * User's Guide * Assorted software and disks * VicModem * Two joysticks * All cables Anyways, hooked it up, wrote a few BASIC programs, ran a couple of the programs supplied, cool. Now the question is, where on earth will I find some key programs -- mostly games (after all, games were its specialty!) but I REALLY want a 6502 assembler like Merlin, and to find connectors to fit the cartridge slot to hang some custom hardware off of and develop driver code for. I'll be careful. :) And if I find it somewhere on the 'net, how to get it into the C64? Has anyone solved that one? I know it's got an RS232 port, so perhaps I could write a small BASIC program to bootstrap in the program at low speed and develop something like an Xmodem download with the downloaded assembler. Just wondering if anyone has a better way to get software from 'net to C64, and knows a good source for same. Maybe a cave full of cartridges like the Atari has exists out there... :) -- Ross