C-64 computer used in T2K sorta way
 

I saw this while trolling around Youtube looking at morse code stuff. It reminded me of T2K in a certain way. A combination of old and new technology. Dreaming up source material in the past I had thought of something like this but didn't know someone had actually done it. So I thought I'd share it hear cause I think some of you might get a kick out of it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pawOMIlMfIw&noredirect=1

Its a c-64 being used to convert morse code to text and print output.

While at the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City, I visited their History of Video games exhibit and saw a lot of first generation computers and devices... and you could even play with them

I realize not many people would have them or find them but there's lots of older video game systems from the late 70s that would probably survive the EMP attacks: one, people tend to throw them into sheds or other shielded areas (if they kept them) and two, many of them (both the Odyssey and Odyssey II from Magnavox, for example) use both chips and TTL.

The C-64 was probably the most commonly used PC for amateur radio work in the 1980's and early 1990's. They were used for packet radio as well as radio BBS'es

Wow, a Commodore 64. Now that brings back old memorys. They really used them for radios back in the day?

Some still use them today.

Also, you can broadcast SSTV over radio shortwave.

I had a C-64 back in the day. I wish I could have kept it. It was programmable with BASIC, floating point decimal variables. I can see how I could have programmed a morse code to type written message. You could input a new daily "master" word or code to run as the interpreter. That way you can have some operational security,

My $0.02

Mike

Also, they were used for RTTY too, radio teletype and weather fax too.

Shoot, I had mine in a box up until I moved three years back and it still worked. I can't believe I tossed it now.