[1]The C64 Community Loading... This site is best viewed in a modern browser with JavaScript enabled. Boot directly into BASIC Jammet I would like to make a topic specifically for this feature request. Skip the carousel and jump straight into BASIC, if a USB file system is present, and the file "BASICBOOT" is on it. That would make me very, very happy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darbyram [2]Jammet Its an option and a great request for anyone listening.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jammet Hopefully with a joystick button (Button 2?) to trigger a menu for loading disks, and such. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darbyram [3]Jammet well hopefully they are looking at these type of requests [4]šŸ‘ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FineLerv That would be wonderful. Iā€™m still working my way through the included games but it will be a fantastic feature for when I get back into programming! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- walnutwhip it could be done in the menuing system somewhere. whether they do it via a firmware update remains to be seen. a lot of the future firmware updates will depend on sales of the mini. if it sells badly you wont likely see much. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- johnnyhotrocks [5]walnutwhip sales will stagnate if they dont hurry up and release some meaningful firmware updates asap that address the usb support and make sure the promised usb loading improvements is adequate. Already reading posts of people cancelling orders or returning machines to the retailer because of just the Joystick alone and the lag plus the single loading of games. Lag/usb support and loading issues should be software fixable the joystick not so....but getting more devices to be supported with button mapping should ease that issue. The future looks good but its all how the C64 team handle these issues and how quick they do it. Word of mouth can kill a decent machine once the gamers get a bee in their bonnet......PS VITA and the memory cards anybody [6]:) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darbyram [7]johnnyhotrocks Releasing firmware asap to address loading games from usb easily can improve sales. The joystick issue is not a problem my end. Either sort the firmware to address the usb or people will hack this device for themselves. Better doing it before the horse has bolted... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jammet The sales seem to be going more than fine. The production keeping up with the sales, is what I'm honestly worried about. Because as it looks currently, I'm not going to get a C64 mini. At all. Amazon is sitting on my order pretending it can be fulfilled, to keep me hanging on. But back on-topic: Of course I hope that a full BASIC mode would mean that we get to somehow still swap disks or change a few options. I'm sure there are ways to do that. Using joystick buttons seems to be the easiest, as virtually any and all working joysticks and gamepads have plenty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References Visible links 1. https://community.thec64.com/ 2. https://community.thec64.com/d/192/1 3. https://community.thec64.com/d/192/3 5. https://community.thec64.com/d/192/6 7. https://community.thec64.com/d/192/7