So, Who all has workig C-64 setup?

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So, Who all has workig C-64 setup?

I have a Commodore 1702 display and a 1541-II (but mostly just use the Pi1541) and a real C64. I'll swap the C64 out after a while for my Plus/4.

But now I have a C64Ultimate hooked up. The old C64 will probably go up on eBay soon.

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On 10 Feb 2026, Zofraq said the following...

So, Who all has workig C-64 setup?

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I have a working commodore 64. I was thinking of setting up cbase 3.0 as a secondary bbs but need CMD HD or FD2000/F4000 drive, wifi capabilies for it to work.

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On 10 Feb 2026, Zofraq said the following...

So, Who all has workig C-64 setup?

I have 2 which I really don't use because I do all of my work in emulation. I have a C64c hooked up to a LCD monitor with a Lt Kernal Hard Drive, and a Ultimate 64 setup also..


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On Wed 11-Feb-2026 6:12p, Bucko@64:500/5.0 said to Zofraq:

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Ha ha, I was about to point out that you are about to get blasted for "advertising your BBS", then realized this is neighther FIDO Net nor 13th Floor..

Carry on.... :)

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On 13 Feb 2026, Rug Rat said the following...

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Ha ha, I was about to point out that you are about to get blasted for "advertising your BBS", then realized this is neighther FIDO Net nor 13th Floor..

Ah but the key to my signature is it's not an advertisement. It just says I am Bucko from the Wrong Nmber Family of BBS'.. No FQDN etc.. Just a website...


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On Wed 11-Feb-2026 5:53a, Dr. What@64:500/48.0 said to Zofraq:

So, Who all has workig C-64 setup?

I have a Commodore 1702 display and a 1541-II (but mostly just use the Pi1541) and a real C64. I'll swap the C64 out after a while for my Plus/4.

But now I have a C64Ultimate hooked up. The old C64 will probably go up on eBay soon.

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I had been working on my set up for a few years now and luckily bought a few of the working C64s when it wasn't even a thing. The more recent purchase was a 64C with a 1541-II drive to match. I have one 1702 monitor. All in all 3 1541 drives. They all mostly work. I can't quite get it to be consistent due to the disks either being dirty or data loss. At one point I had to constantly clean the head just to get it to work properly. As much as I like the concept of emercing ones self in retro computing, I had no choice but to get one of those cute mini drives SD2IEC and that was a game changer.

So having all these units and all works except one 64C that I'm trying to figure out still... I had to buy the new C64U. As I'm most of you have heard, this thing is a piece of art. I'm still getting accustomed to it but so far it's impressive.

Does anyone tinker at all with the tape drive? Curious.. not something I've done yet although I had one back in the day which LOL was swiftly returned for a 1541.
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So, Who all has workig C-64 setup?

I do! I have an C64 Breadbin, 1541 Floppy Drive & 1702 Monitor all from 1984 that I picked up used about a year ago. I added an Ultimate II+L /w Tape Adapter and I think I now have everything that was ever released for the C64 on an SSD drive - LOL. I also run a Commodore 64 BBS running inside of VICE, of Image BBS 3.0 LT Kernel, that's accessible from within my main BBS that is running Synchronet on Wn64. I can't run image on my C64 because it's not compatible with the Swiftlink emulation in the Ultimate II+L cart. Looking to get a new C64 Ultimate soon so maybe I can run the BBS on it.

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On 20 May 2026, BiggieB said the following...

I do! I have an C64 Breadbin, 1541 Floppy Drive & 1702 Monitor all from 1984 that I picked up used about a year ago. I added an Ultimate II+L /w Tape Adapter and I think I now have everything that was ever released
for the C64 on an SSD drive - LOL. I also run a Commodore 64 BBS
running inside of VICE, of Image BBS 3.0 LT Kernel, that's accessible
from within my main BBS that is running Synchronet on Wn64. I can't run image on my C64 because it's not compatible with the Swiftlink emulation in the Ultimate II+L cart. Looking to get a new C64 Ultimate soon so maybe I can run the BBS on it.

Image is compatible with the C64u and U64 I rewrote the turbo mode setup a few weeks ago and we are good to go now. By the sound of it you are running the BBS on a Stick? That is my project. If you need any help for it please let me know, and send me your FQDN so I can give your BBS a call.. :)


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