On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Ray Sills via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Sep 16, 2016, at 12:16 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We have exhibited twice already with Commodore 1702monitors. It gets really difficult to haul around and maintain 9 working 1702 monitors. We had to use 1x 1902 and 8x 1702 last time because we couldn't borrow a 1702 from someone else. We want to change it up and make it easier to exhibit. The first time we used 1702/C64/1541 combination. The second time we replaced the 1541 with uIEC SD cards. Now we will replace the 1702 with LCD. And perhaps I will do C64c instead of original C64 breadbin. We are working on getting more LCD and c64c.
And, let’s not forget that eventually, those CRTs in the 1702 monitors will fail. Finding a replacement will be extremely difficult. It’s a good idea to find a way to use current technology that can serve as a replacement.
I get it that you want to exhibit these, but the other 364 days a year you should have a server set up running VICE to allow anyone to log in and use/test/debug remotely from a networked C64, without needing to have obviously difficult to support vintage hardware up and running all of the time. My 15 cents (inflation). b