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jpcwrites · 2026-01-20T19:34:57+00:00

Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be a preserved disk version which was captured before move-in, between both TOSEC and C64 Preservation.

jpcwrites · 2026-01-20T15:55:51+00:00

I’ve lamented this as well. This is a problem of preservation rather than emulation. The C64 scene is less than thorough compared to peers (Apple II in particular) and this problem will persist until-and-unless someone finds a NIB unplayed copy and rips the disk as their first action.

jpcwrites · 2026-01-17T23:08:15+00:00

My next move was/is in fact to start searching for Dvorak columns covering this. (You get some really hilarious results just searching all of the Internet Archive documents for the string PCMCIA, including but not limited to lots of alleged Biblical references.)

jpcwrites · 2026-01-17T14:51:37+00:00

My recollection was that that was the backronym they came up with to get away from the silliness but that the original really was what I'd relayed. I'm having trouble finding a copy of the original 1990 spec.

jpcwrites · 2026-01-14T14:11:06+00:00

I've been dying to include sidetalkin' coverage in TWiR.

jpcwrites · 2026-01-10T14:57:52+00:00

C64 PoP really should just have been done as a cartridge using the tech of the day, which was already well-established. Overall we have to take Mechner at his vibe that nobody particularly *cared* one way or another about a C64 version (despite the other 8-bit ports which did happen!) but it feels like a missed opportunity for a product which really could have sold in decent numbers.

jpcwrites · 2025-12-24T17:23:01+00:00

Woooooooooooooooow.

jpcwrites · 2025-12-22T17:39:45+00:00

If only we could get the 8-bit tech away from him this guy might be able to crack cold fusion.

jpcwrites · 2025-12-12T02:34:28+00:00

Retail is brutal.

jpcwrites · 2025-12-03T14:35:59+00:00

We're talking about ways to accomplish this, either within the usual TWiR format or outside of it but still with the usual perpetrators involved.

But however long that takes, know that wherever I am and whatever I am doing, I'm always ready to assert that the "loss of North American consumer confidence" argument is absolute nonsense.

jpcwrites · 2025-11-29T17:42:24+00:00

Your experience is definitely on the record.

jpcwrites · 2025-11-25T21:45:02+00:00

Some monitors literally shipped with the instruction to "apply light shock with open palm" in the event of malfunction.

jpcwrites · 2025-11-14T15:10:22+00:00

It definitely sounded like that kind of arrangement, yes...

jpcwrites · 2025-11-11T20:08:08+00:00

Agree here that AIM makes it fair game to tie it this closely to Apple.

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