Subj : Well this is fun
To   : Digital Man
From : Chickenhead
Date : Sun Jan 04 2026 18:08:53

  Re: Well this is fun
  By: Digital Man to Chickenhead on Sat Jan 03 2026 04:55 am

 >
 > How's the "Internet enabled" bit work? What terminal program you using?

Well it has built in wifi and ethernet.  Not sure why a Commodore64 would need ethernet, but I think it is compatible with the cartridges they had for that back in the day.

The wifi/ethernet is tied to some kind of internet modem emulator so you can just type in atdtsomehostname:port and it will go there...but it doesn't work to my local telnet server with anything but UltimateTerm, which is included.

In general I still use NovaTerm 9.6, which does 80 columns and ANSI graphics.  I used to use that on VICE as well, which had to be shunted through tcpser for modem emulation...it is a lot easier on this box.  For some reason they included two 40-column-only terminal programs on the included thumb drive (which is shaped like a cassette tape).  NovaTerm is probably the best for any proper BBSing on such a machine.

Oh yes and they also have baked into it something called "CommoServe Search" where you can search for games.  I haven't used it much.  Seems like the C64U would be an ideal thing for a GOPHER client.

[Your blood pressure just went up.]

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