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   Shaun Bebbington to Shaun Bebbington   
   Re: The C64 Mini   
   03 Apr 18 04:51:53   
   
   From: shaun@square-circle.co.uk   
      
   On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 12:50:26 UTC+1, Shaun Bebbington  wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 12:31:52 UTC+1, Geo  wrote:   
   > > To: Shaun Bebbington   
   > >   Re: The C64 Mini   
   > >   By: Shaun Bebbington to comp.sys.cbm on Tue Apr 03 2018 02:00:10   
   > >   
   > >  > From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm   
   > >  >   
   > >  > Hi,   
   > >  >   
   > >  > I've got one of these devices; it's alright. One thing I like about it   
   is   
   > >  > that my daughter likes programming it, and making PETSCII art with it.   
   > >  >   
   > >  > I've had to buy a USB hub to run a pen drive and keyboard at the same   
   time,   
   > >  > and I've found that AC adaptors running at 2amp is best for multiple   
   devices   
   > >  > like this.   
   > >  >   
   > >  > A shame I can't licence JiffyDOS on it to help with the emulated drive   
   > >  > speeds. --- Synchronet 3.17a-Linux NewsLink 1.108   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > I was pretty disappointed to see that the KBD is not real, but then again   
   at   
   > > that size I guess it would have less usable that even a Spectrum 8-)   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > It would be good if it was possible to created the equivalent of multicart   
   > > images for it. 8-)   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > I'm thinking about getting an Ultimate 64 board instead! 8-)   
   > >   
   > > Regards..Geo   
   > > ooooOOOOoooo   
   > > --- Synchronet 3.17a-Linux NewsLink 1.108   
   > >  *  The Dungeon - Canberra, ACT, Australia - telnet://dungeo   
   .barnabasmusic.com   
   >   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > I was wondering if there is somewhere a device to convert a C128D and C64SX   
   keyboard to USB. If this is possible then it would make for a beautiful   
   addition to my C64Mini :-)   
   >   
   > Anyone?   
   >   
   > Thanks!   
      
   Another thought: the joystick bundled with TheC64Mini is recognised in Windows   
   - is there a way to use this with WinVICE or something?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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