[vcf-midatlantic] Trip to Brooklyn to the Gowanus eReycling warehouse + questions

[Ethan Dicks]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:53 PM David K via vcf-midatlantic
<vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> I recently traveled to Brooklyn to the Gowanus eReycling center...

> 2.  I got a small piece (picture attached) that apparently plugs into the
> C64 port 2.  It is labeled "Petspeed" which is apparently some sort of
> BASIC assembler.  I am hesitant to plug it in without knowing more. Any
> help with understanding what this is and how it works?

It's a software key, commonly called a dongle.  The Petspeed BASIC
compiler checks for it and will not run if not detected.


-ethan