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A potato livecam using the C128 VDC and a ComputerEyes

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ClassicHasClass
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The Commodore 64 ComputerEyes video digitizer can't display live(ish, it's slow scan) video during capture because the VIC-II DMA interferes. So .... let's put the 128's VDC high-resolution chip into low resolution and use that. And then make the capture rate 25% faster.

Making a potato livecam with the Commodore 128 VDC and ComputerEyes

If we're going to make the little old 8-bit MOS 6502 into Skynet -- because we already know what the Terminator T-800 CPU is -- then it's g...
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Kai Robinson
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I have to say, that is insanely clever!

ClassicHasClass
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My wife and I had fun doing the video. It may turn up as a gag exhibit at one of the computer festivals I attend in the future. Bonus points: identify what C64 game that particular (1.3x here) arrangement of Yakety Sax came from.

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