So, I went to VersionTracker and found a really awesome C64 emulator for Mac OS X. I'm sure there are emulators for Windows, so you should check it out. There are tons of C64 emulation sites where you can probably download an emulator.
The emulator didn't come with any games, so I did a Google search for "commodore 64 hacker" and found a link that brought me
HERE
There it was.....Hacker! I downloaded it, "booted the floppy" into the emulator...and there I was.....playing Hacker once again. It was just TOO fucking cool!
Also downloaded a couple of old Infocom (I think that was the company, maybe Infoseek?) text adventures: Leather Godess of Phobos and Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. Fer chrissake.....I'm downloading all the friggin' games. Here's a screen shot of Hacker running on my G4:
I wish I could remember the damn password....but if you get it wrong enough times it will log you in anyway. Now I have to find the GEOS GUI that they made for the Commodore and play with that again. Ahhh...the memories......
So, you guys did it to me again. You *forced* me to reevalute some old skool tech and LEARN (or RE-LEARN) something. Darn the luck.
But your old skool tech segment was timely, as I *just* finished resurrecting a 19-year old Macintosh Plus...one of the first Macs they came out with....just like the one Scotty used in Star Trek IV.
I found it in my girlfriend's attic. I had to find a keyboard, mouse and replace the floppy drive, but I found the parts dirt cheap on Ebay. Short version: I got the thing running...with its whopping 1MB of RAM, 4Mhz processor and 9 inch display. What am I going to do with it? I have NO fucking idea. The point is, that I restored it, got it working and got to play with some ancient computer tech. Old skool computers, baby! Gotta love 'em!
I also want to publicly thank Stank and dual for the AWESOME shout out they gave me on the show. I'm very humbled.
