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Installed the #C64 Core on the #Mega65 so I can "retire" the real C64C for a while.

Cartridges and hardware IEC devices works on this enhanced Mister core. So it's perfect replacement with this much superior keyboard.

I will still try to use GO64 mode on the "#C65 ROM" on the Mega Core. But with #JiffyDOS on the C64 core together with my #SD2IEC the "C64" feels so very fast.

Never used Jiffy before and it took me by surprise how well it works.

When I got a new #C64 in the early 90s, I missed out on a lot of what you could do with the machine. I used #GEOS a lot - the machine came with 1.5 and later I bought 2.0 - but didn't get into assembly programming or even all the cool cartridges and mods that were available. That said, it wasn't until a few years back that I found out about the awesomeness that's #JiffyDOS. And this week I found out, that you can still buy it. So I did. :)
#RetroComputing #8Bit #Commodore

If you ever asked yourself how the process of #compiling #C #code on a #Commodore64 looks like, here's a short clip I grabbed while compiling a small utility routine.

I'm using #JiffyDOS and a #1541ultimate2plus with two 1541 drives configured. I also ran the same setup with two #SD2IEC devices before and no JiffyDOS which doesn't seem make much of a difference.

And just in case you wonder, this is the #PowerC compiler from Lyon Labs for the C64.

Still, if you are serious about coding on the old #breadbin I'd rather recommend you use #DurexForth or #Assembler ... heh ...

(link to compiler: lyonlabs.org/commodore/onreque)