Re: OT: Spamfighting (was: All YOUR Romantic Needs - Relationship101.com 9857)

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:20:51 +0200, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> provoked the
following text:

>>> Talking about emulators: Years ago, the best C64 emu one could get
>>> was C64S, is that still the case or are there better emu's now?
>>
>>C64S isn't all that great compared to the others - CCS64 and VICE the the
>>two big ones right now.  VIC is the only one that emulates PETs, the B and
>>C 128's, VIC-20, and others.  CCS64, if I remember right, is the most
>>cycle-exact and fastest of the two.
>>
>>VICE's features, though, clearly outweigh CCS64's speed/cycle exactness.

I like VICE, it plays demos very well, better than C64S did.
I also tried CCS64 but i git this flicker after loading an image...

>>I know Ville Jouppi is on this newsgroup also, maybe he can answer this
>>one.
>>
>>How about it, Jope?
>
>Yes, I was almost going to comment on that one when Peter mentioned C64S..
>C64S was very good back in '95, but nowadays it's been well surpassed by the
>newer emulators. At one point it seemed that everyone and their dog was coming
>out with a C64 emulator. Well, a few did rise out of the grey mass;
>
>VICE
>CCS64
>Frodo
>
>Frodo was the first cycle exact emulator, but it's quite forgotten nowdays..
>It was too far ahead of it's time.. When it came on the Amiga, there wasn't a
>machine fast enough to handle the heaviest version.
>Sorry, can't find an URL for this emulator. :-(
>
>CCS64 is WinTel only, does a good job and has been a good choice from the very
>beginning. It was the first to offer cartridge and REU support, for example.
>http://www.computerbrains.com/ccs64
>
>VICE is portable, there are versions for quite a few platforms.. As Nate said,
>it's very feature rich, but not quite as exact as CCS. The C64 and PET
>emulators are good, but the VIC and C128 sides aren't 100% yet. Still waiting
>for the 264-series.. ;-)
>http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Edsladic/vice/vice.html
>
>I use Vice normally, and then switch to CCS if something doesn't look right
>with Vice. It's a matter of taste.. Before I started using VICE I swore by
>CCS.. :-)
>
>This is veering quite fast into comp.emulation.cbm.. :-)

LOL!!! I have been considering going there. Would i see you and Nate there?
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