22 Sep
2006
22 Sep
'06
2:27 p.m.
On 9/23/06, M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net> wrote:
True enough, but you don't have the look &
feel or the C64 key labels & layout;
I think the idea is to use a defunct C64 and use it as a keyboard for the emulator.
Why only defunct? You could take a working C-64, unplug the keyboard,
then place the microcontroller inside the case and run the PS/2 or USB
cable out the cartridge slot to your emulation host. Trivially
reversable. Of course, there _are_ lots of defunct C-64s out there,
so one wouldn't have to go looking very far to get a shell w/keyboard
(I have a couple on a top shelf...)
-ethan