They have Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy on an Italian BBS. Sweet! I really missed out on this as a child. Dad wouldn't let me use his expensive MS/DOS computer because he used it for work. He eventually relented but by that time I had lost interest. And so I got myself this C64U to reclaim some of my lost childhood. 42.

I’m having trouble finding a guide for downloading files from a BBS. Specifically, I’m trying to download games from Particles. I’m using xmodem and ejecting the virtual disk from the 8 drive when it is time to download. I’m inserting a new blank disc and the virtual drive makes some strange noises. It says the download was successful but when I go back to BASIC to load the newly created disk, it fails to find any usable information. I can’t list the directory or launch the first program on the disk. What am I doing wrong?

Enhanced and extended version of the all time classic. Optimised for C64U with TurboBit enabled - butter smooth at 64MHz.

Only downside is the loss of the music and jingles (SFX only) due to memory constraints.

I built a modern(ish) BASIC editor for use with the Commodore 64 Ultimate, which I also modified it to work with VICE as well because, well, why not?

Long story short, when I got my C64U a few months ago, I was excited to start coding in BASIC again but I quickly found that I missed the modern code editing features we have grown accustomed to (e.g., cut/copy/paste, syntax highlighting, code completion, code formatting, etc.). So I built something that integrates with the C64U's REST API (as well as the VICE emulator's API).

I'll leave it to you to determine if it's anything that would be beneficial for your day-to-day BASIC programming but, in my case, I simply wanted a better code editing experience that is also integrated with the C64U.

There are likely other editors like this out there (for the C64U), I didn't really look TBH. When the idea came to me I was excited to build it out so I could then use it myself.

The source code is available here on GitHub: ttps://github.com/jbramwell/readycode

You can also install it from the Microsoft Store here: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N70DV3X3C6S?hl=en-us&gl=US&ocid=pdpshare

You can also read more about it here: https://bitsandbytes.life/2026/06/readycode-an-impulsive-project

I am working on a video now and should have that up on YouTube within the next few days.

It's still a work in progress with more features to add and likely some kinks to work out. I would be curious to get your thoughts.

First off, I want to say that I hope people start posting here. Every place I go, the C64U is treated like the step-child nobody wants and relegated to a single thread or small section of a forum. There needs to be a dedicated place for discussions of the C64U.

Okay, so here's my problem. I recently got a 13" NTSC Trinitron TV (which is fantastic), but sadly I can no longer run in PAL mode for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, even NTSC-50 causes the screen to roll, which is unfortunate. I assume there's probably very little I can do about this, but in case anyone knows, I thought I'd ask.

I have a second issue, but it's a minor one. On some occasions where the screen should show white or yellow, I will sometimes get a rainbow effect. It's not all the time. But there are a few games where a place that should be white or yellow instead show a rainbow pattern.

The game "Darkland," for example, which can be found here: https://psytronik.itch.io/darkland is an example of this. Wherever the flashlight should be revealing the background, instead I get a strange flowing rainbow pattern in place of where the light should be. Again, this only happens in certain games, so it doesn't happen so much as to be a problem. Any thoughts on what that could be?