C64 / Atari simulator for Ubuntu?

[David Curtis]

Kenneth P. Turvey wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:55:12 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote:
> 
>> I've used VICE before.  Not sure if it's in the repos and I'm not on
>> my ubuntu machine to check.
> 
> It is.  There is a bug in it that leads to a blank screen.  See launchpad
> for a work around.  

Going to Settings/VIC-II/hardware scaling and checking on the box fixed 
this for me.


> 
> I should also note that there is a bit torrent that contains a gigabyte of
> Commodore 64 software that is available now (I know because I'm seeding
> it).  You might want to download it. 
> 
> I need to buy a joystick to use with Vice.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions for which ones work best?  
> 
> 
You also need to read the /usr/share/docs/vice/README.ROMs file to get 
the kernal rom etc.