C64 Emulation

[omniphil]

I know the whole point of this computer is to push beyond what a C64 can do.
But since I do not have a C64 currently it would be nice to have some sort of C64 support or emulator.

Is anything like this possible/planned?

[JimmyDansbo]

I do not think it will be possible to emulate the C64 on the CX16. I have written an article about converting a very simple program from the C64 to CX16.
https://techblog.dansbo.dk/?p=53

If you want to play around with C64, I suggest VICE
https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/

[ahenry3068]

I do not think it will be possible to emulate the C64 on the CX16. I have written an article about converting a very simple program from the C64 to CX16.
https://techblog.dansbo.dk/?p=53

If you want to play around with C64, I suggest VICE
https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/

In theory. A C64 program that does NO graphics, NO audio and only uses ROM routines for screen, keyboard and file I/O WILL run on the X16. In practice I've found exactly one of those. And I had to load it with LOAD 'unzip64.prg", 8 ,1 to get it at the correct address. Anything that trys to directly address hardware will fail on the X16 but can possibly be ported if you have source code and understand both architectures.

[TomXP411]

I know the whole point of this computer is to push beyond what a C64 can do.
But since I do not have a C64 currently it would be nice to have some sort of C64 support or emulator.

Is anything like this possible/planned?

Nope. It's not possible with the current hardware, and there are no plans to try to make that happen. If you want to run Commodore 64 software, VICE is the best choice and runs on just about anything.