Comments on: MMC64 pros and cons http://www.symbolengine.com/index.php/2007/04/04/mmc64-pros-and-cons/ C64, Amiga, GP2x and Wordpress goodness... Mon, 12 May 2008 16:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jim Qode http://www.symbolengine.com/index.php/2007/04/04/mmc64-pros-and-cons/#comment-333 Tue, 08 May 2007 11:24:14 +0000 http://www.symbolengine.com/index.php/2007/04/04/mmc64-pros-and-cons/#comment-333 If you are going to do development on your C64 you definitely need a RR. I have used one on a demo party. It is a breeze to just run tass by typing tass. RR also has a good turbo loader and F key mappings so working on a 5.25 disk drive is not that bad. (If you can find working floppy disks, that is). If you have an old PC lying around 64hdd may be a nice alternative. It supports basic I/O and uses the pc's harddisk as a storage. Bu you will have to run DOS on it (FreeDOS will do). But if you will be working with trackloaders your only option is a real floppy drive. Why don't you consider cross development? It is a pretty good alternative. Even with a cardridge you can use all the memory available on your c64 if you dont crossdevelop, because you will be using ram for TASS and your program source. If you are going to do development on your C64 you definitely need a RR. I have used one on a demo party. It is a breeze to just run tass by typing tass. RR also has a good turbo loader and F key mappings so working on a 5.25 disk drive is not that bad. (If you can find working floppy disks, that is).
If you have an old PC lying around 64hdd may be a nice alternative. It supports basic I/O and uses the pc’s harddisk as a storage. Bu you will have to run DOS on it (FreeDOS will do). But if you will be working with trackloaders your only option is a real floppy drive.
Why don’t you consider cross development? It is a pretty good alternative. Even with a cardridge you can use all the memory available on your c64 if you dont crossdevelop, because you will be using ram for TASS and your program source.

]]> by: Peter BonĂ© http://www.symbolengine.com/index.php/2007/04/04/mmc64-pros-and-cons/#comment-332 Tue, 08 May 2007 10:47:49 +0000 http://www.symbolengine.com/index.php/2007/04/04/mmc64-pros-and-cons/#comment-332 I have been looking for days about pros/cons for MMC64 and RR, because i could not decide which to buy. And i had actually no idea that you couldn't write to the SD card from the C64?! :p I'm looking for a perfect setup for developing ON the C64 (not cross-asm on the pc). The RR with TASS in the ROM looks neat, but i still need an easy way for storing and managing my source/gfx files.. Any suggestions? I have been looking for days about pros/cons for MMC64 and RR, because i could not decide which to buy. And i had actually no idea that you couldn’t write to the SD card from the C64?! :p

I’m looking for a perfect setup for developing ON the C64 (not cross-asm on the pc). The RR with TASS in the ROM looks neat, but i still need an easy way for storing and managing my source/gfx files.. Any suggestions?

]]>