Re: The best C64 hardware.

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:42:15 +0100
Message-ID: <c62cfdbb-1158-d06d-0c87-7150820723ba_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 12/27/21 12:10 PM, Julian Perry wrote:
> Amongst my collection I have such a beastie - and I approve of this 
> message. With the resistor mod to enable digitization on the SID, it is 
> as close to perfection of the C64 as I've experienced.
> 
> That said, I have a real soft spot for the 250469 board: it seems the 
> "classic" implementation of the C64.

The HMOS-II VIC has the grey dots 'problem' though which can mess up 
demos with noise.

  Gerrit



> *>> On 2021-12-27, at 10:01, Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de 
> <mailto:gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>*> wrote:
> 
>>> On 12/27/21 9:00 AM, Claudio Sánchez wrote:
>>>> What's considered "the best" C64 hardware?
>>>> Several VIC-II revisions had features or bugs that made them better or worse than others.
>>>> The same for SID and other chips.
>>>> And then the same for the motherboard itself.
>>>> Then there are several things like hackability, repairability, reliability...
>>>> What would be the "best" hardware overall?
> 
>>> 250466 board with 6569R5 VIC and 6581R4AR SID.
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>> Ditto.
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> */--
> Best regards,
>   Julian /mailto:jp_at_digitaltapestries.com <mailto:jp@digitaltapestries.com>
Received on 2021-12-27 13:01:20

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