Working through LaunchBox and DOSBOX / Windows configurations for GOG.com games

Working through LaunchBox and VICE emulator configs for Commodore 64 game emulation

A fresh install of Windows and software for emulating and playing old installs from my software collection and third parties like Steam and GOG

Let’s compare different dosbox shaders and see if we can make modern gaming look old again.

After my recent move, the streaming and ‘workshop/den/laboratory’ setup has been a lot of work from the ground up on the computer system side. I used to have a Raspberry…

To make the miniature floppy drive LED light up when VICE is using the virtual disk image, we need to patch VICE source code and write some new code to pass instructions on to the PI and toggle the LED activity light.

Installing an alternative version of python on the raspberry pi. This is primarily used when the stock version is lower than the python version you desire.

I needed a small display for my Commodore diorama that mirrors the output of my Raspberry Pi – I found one with this 1.3 inch ST7789 driven LCD display. Trouble was, mirroring this wasn’t as straight forward as I would have liked.

Let’s download, compile, and install the VICE Commodore 64 emulator on a fresh Raspberry Pi 4 install. We’ll make sure it works in a non windows console by running a Commodore demo program.

While I continue to work on the Diorama 64 series, I noticed a few spots I posted (reddit, facebook, etc.) have had the links taken and shared elsewhere. Very cool…