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LGR - 1999 Commodore 64 Web.it Internet Computer (Patreon)

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2023-03-01 01:06:54
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https://youtu.be/s2FMqsPnh5M

Greetings folks! It's been a busy as balls couple of weeks here. From randomly appearing on CNN, to making a brief trip to visit the National Videogame Museum, to presenting to students at a local college. What was intended as some time off ended up being time very much on, ha

But as soon as things got halfway normal I started working on this video. Again! I initially began laying groundwork on it a good number of years ago when I first got the computer, doing initial testing and research. But I only dove into the nitty gritty of the thing last week. And boy did this end up being slightly more involved than I'd assumed. Like, this is a German computer by a Dutch company made in Singapore with a US brand attached to it. So that was whole thing. But the closer I looked the more questions arose regarding how it worked, what hardware was inside, where it was sold, what exactly it could pull off performance-wise... yeah this was fun. Tedious, but truly fun!

I'm still working on it these next couple days and finishing up some loose ends before the final version of the video goes public Friday. But it's like 95% there and it felt worth sharing with y'all to get your input. I hope you enjoy this preview of the Web Computers C64 Web·it Internet Computer thing!

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The Bizarre 1999 Commodore 64 Web.it Internet Computer

A system so strange I don't know where to begin! This is the Web It Internet Computer from Web Computers in 1999. It's effectively a 66MHz 486 PC with 16MB RAM that not only runs IBM PC DOS 7.0 and Windows 3.1, but also C64 software! To a degree. And the closer you look the weirder it gets. ● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Here's a download for embOS for use in a VM: https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-3/embos ● All background music licensed from: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 Look at this weirdness! 01:05 The C64 Web.it Internet Computer 02:10 A web of bankruptcies and acquisitions 02:51 The new Commodore 64 for the 90s 03:14 It's Dutch? But it's German 04:01 Trackpad mouse? Nah, stylus 05:01 Ports and I/O 05:42 Powering on with dual CRTs 06:19 Say hello to embOS from IBM 07:27 A MIDI music test 07:53 Windows 3.1 except not 09:02 No hard drive, it's all flash 10:06 Stuck with preconfigured PC-DOS 10:42 It runs DOOM 11:09 Commodore 64 software 13:21 Dreaming of better hardware 14:22 Eh I'll pretend it's from 1993. This is neat! 16:01 Outroduction #LGR #retro #computer

Comments

Daniel Cayea

What happens if you force a keyboard fault with the system at boot time?

Anonymous

dude that's wild seeing you on cnn lol what local school did you present at?

Anonymous

I wonder how much better later revisions of ccs64 runs on older hardware?

Anonymous

Could you boot into DOS off a floppy to fix the memory issues?

Alyxx the Rat

Welp that exists. And doesn't do a whole lot else. Seems to be pretty much what you'd expect for that price though.

Anonymous

I got a bit of unscrupulous nonsense in. I am happy.

Anonymous

Glad you're safe from your demon possessed alarm system. I can't even imagine how terrified if I'm the only one in the house and it starts talking to me.

Anonymous

Don't publish this on April 1. It's so weird no one will believe it!

BastetFurry

My fiancee has one in storage, i should search for and take it out and check if one can somehow modify the ROM Disk. I bet its simply a 16 MByte flash with the read-write pin hardwired to read, only problem a modification could have is that i would need to rig some programmer with an Arduino and desolder it as by that time I²C flash in those sizes where not common and the flash will surely be parallel hooked up to an internal IDE to flash chip. Much like in the early EeePC netbooks with a SATA to flash chip. Care to make some high res PCB shots? <3 EDIT: Maybe we are lucky and there is a JTAG header, which would make a mod as easy as getting one of those cheap 3€ JTAG thingies from AliExpress. :D

Valora Inverse

Oh yes, love to see a funky little bastard computer.

LazyGameReviews
>>103044402

I'll have some PCB shots in the final video, though I didn't notice a JTAG header. But I also wasn't specifically looking for it either when I had it open :) Definitely take a poke around whenever you retrieve it from storage! It's incredibly easy to take apart, the keyboard pops right out and two screws need removing underneath it and that's it. Super simple hardware inside that seems like a tinkerer's dream.

CubicleNate

I did enjoy this quite a bit. I didn't know the thing existed and it would be cool to have one, just because of the branding. Do you know if there were unbranded units like this?

LazyGameReviews
>>103129753

Sure seems possible judging by the generic case it's built inside, and being manufactured by Aztech. But I haven't seen evidence of other units that might've been produced.

Anonymous

What’s the fighting game in the thumbnail? - I have strange childhood memories of it after seeing that footage, and I always thought they were from Rise of the Robots, but now I’ve seen your video, I’m pretty sure it’s that game instead!

BastetFurry
>>103044402

Summary of my findings, the little daughterboard contains 16 MByte of OTP ROM on four chips but you can actually reach the BIOS. As soon as you see the boot screen hammer F2 and Delete and you enter a Phoenix BIOS. From there you can select from what to boot. I enabled the boot menu and now can select to boot from A:, C: or D: (the ROMDOS) and can tell the computer to reformat the flash.