Posted September 30, 2016 Seeing this kind of stuff isn't all that uncommon. The article states the C64 is being used to balance driveshafts. There is just certain industrial, milling, etc. machinery that can only work with and interface with hardware from the particular era it was released in. Ie: plenty of milling/cnc machines that still run off old DOS computers or that interface via serial. As long as the machinery works, why replace it if it isn't broken? ▶ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Einstein◀ Please remember to mark a thread as solved if your issue has been fixed, it helps other who may stumble across the thread at a later point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 7 hours ago, aisle9 said: Yes, but can it run Crysis? It can run GTA Vice City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 9 hours ago, zMeul said: that C64 lived longer than the company that manufactured it no forced Windows Updates no BSODs no viruses no adware No internet and no functionality as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 4 minutes ago, laminutederire said: No internet and no functionality as well? yes, you can connect a C64 to the internet: as for functionality?!? ha! the people that work there are using it - that's functionality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, laminutederire said: No internet and no functionality as well? You can get Internet on a C64 though? Plus "load""8,1" Main Rig:- Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS | Server:- Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 37 minutes ago, Master Disaster said: You can get Internet on a C64 though? Plus "load""8,1" It was a question hence the "?". If I remember correctly, you can design viruses which will erase the bios which can't be flashed on those motherboard, so that's a bit dangerous if someone is specifically targeting you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 30 minutes ago, laminutederire said: It was a question hence the "?". If I remember correctly, you can design viruses which will erase the bios which can't be flashed on those motherboard, so that's a bit dangerous if someone is specifically targeting you. C64 don't have BIOSes, they have a BASIC ROM (it's actually Microsoft Basic) and the ROM chip can be very easily replaced for not very much money. Look at it this way, a modern PC can get a virus (it's actually much higher chance too) so your in no more danger than if you were using a PC, the difference is a C64 user would have to download and run the virus manually where as a PC can be infected with a simple web script. Plus a PC virus can destroy your files, a C64 virus can't destroy your floppies. The BBS boards are actually fairly well moderated so any nefarious files would be quickly removed and the uploader banned. Main Rig:- Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS | Server:- Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 3 hours ago, SteveGrabowski0 said: It can run GTA Vice City Can I just say, that is epic! Main Rig:- Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS | Server:- Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Master Disaster said: "load""8,1" LOADING SUPERMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 Gnarley, I have a broken commodore sx 64 that I really want to get working but I think it needs just about everything replaced. - ASUS X99 Deluxe - i7 5820k - Nvidia GTX 1080ti SLi - 4x4GB EVGA SSC 2800mhz DDR4 - Samsung SM951 500 - 2x Samsung 850 EVO 512 - - EK Supremacy EVO CPU Block - EK FC 1080 GPU Blocks - EK XRES 100 DDC - EK Coolstream XE 360 - EK Coolstream XE 240 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2016 4 hours ago, laminutederire said: It was a question hence the "?". If I remember correctly, you can design viruses which will erase the bios which can't be flashed on those motherboard, so that's a bit dangerous if someone is specifically targeting you. last time I checked, the EPROMs back then were erasable only by UV light and this is what you erase it with: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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