Commodore 64 Ethernet

Objective:

Network a Commodore 64

Pete's Pick:

€150 1541 Ultimate-II+ Cartridge

This cartridge adds a ton of features including Ethernet.

Discussion

This cart extends the functionality a retro Commodore 64 by allowing reading/writing disk image files directly from USB and also includes hardware for 100mbit Ethernet, a real time clock, ram expansion unit (REU) and a virtual printer.

It offers modem emulation enabling telnet/serial connections over Ethernet to a BBS or remote server and even provides a custom TCP/IP stack. These device's new network stack does not emulate older RR-Net cards, for RR-Net emulation consider:

$60 Retro Innovations 64NIC+ and enclosure.

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