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Commodore 64 for Interner Browsing? WTF

by Ricky Parker
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I was looking at some stats and this showed up. I gotta a laugh outta this. (look at the last result)

  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    Holy smokes... LOL I'd love to see that. I didn't even know it was possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Peters Benn
    Heya Ricky,

    I seem to remember someone buying the rights to the C64 and adding a very basic browser to it. I never thought it got off the ground, but it looks like somewhere, somehow, these bad boys got sold!

    I want one!
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  • Profile picture of the author HomeBizNizz
    I have only Amiga hits, but I also has a lot
    of the old Win 95/98/NT too.
    Incredible.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Wright
      Browsers for the C64 have been around for some years now. I used to
      run one on my C64s before I gave all the C64 kit away to an enthusiast.

      One of the latest browsers can be found at
      HyperLink 2.5e -- Document Viewer and Web Browser for the C64/128

      You should have seen some of the astounding graphics/effects
      that were produced for the C64 ...plus some clever sound stuff
      which folks managed to get out of the SID chip.

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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Mike Wright View Post

        Browsers for the C64 have been around for some years now. I used to
        run one on my C64s before I gave all the C64 kit away to an enthusiast.

        One of the latest browsers can be found at
        HyperLink 2.5e -- Document Viewer and Web Browser for the C64/128

        You should have seen some of the astounding graphics/effects
        that were produced for the C64 ...plus some clever sound stuff
        which folks managed to get out of the SID chip.

        Atari and, I believe some commodores, had sound and video processors LONG before others added them. HECK, the IBM PC was out over a decade or so before IT got anything close. Even today most low end video cards probably don't have them. The SOUND card was added simply because the IBM pC didn't otherwise have the ability, though it had a speaker.

        Steve
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