[wplug] OT: Down Memory Lane

[Chris Ott]

Rick Reynolds wrote:
> Chris Ott wrote:
>  >
>  > Actually, you don't need the C64s. There are at least a few Z-machine 
> emulators out there
> 
> True enough in order to play the games again.  But I don't know of an 
> interpreter that will pull in his saved games from the C64 datafiles.

Maybe not, but there's a floppy controller, called "Catweasel", that 
will read *any* floppy disk, provided you have the software to make it 
work. (It's not hard to write.  I did a program in just a few days that 
allowed me to read my old OSI disks.) I'm reasonably sure they already 
have a program which will allow you to read C64 disks. You can check 
that out here:

     http://www.jschoenfeld.de/products/cwmk3_e.htm

Being a Commodore guy, you might also want to check out the Commodore-1, 
here:

     http://c64upgra.de/c-one/

It's pretty impressive. Theoretically, it can become any 6502-based 
computer (Commodore, Apple, etc.) by simply reconfiguring the FPGA, but 
they're obviously focusing on Commodore.

Chris