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====== FEL-mode Hack - No UART needed ======

===== Walkthrough =====

The bulk of the instructions for this method presently reside in the community thread forum here:

  * http://thec64community.online/thread/270/c64mini-mode-hack-uart-needed

===== Videos =====

  * Mobluse shared this video on using FEL-mode:
    * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFdwbv87g9Q&t=971s

===== Extra Tools =====

Here are a few cherry-picked additional aspects of that thread placed here, just for convenience:

==== Midnight Commander ====

On [[http://thec64community.online/thread/270/c64mini-mode-hack-uart-needed?page=5|page 5]] of the thread, jj compiles **MidnightCommander**, available here:

  * https://mega.nz/#!tssSzAKZ!UKrYBrFkE1ni99Qw9qYZAgmlYvS8tQEPcmiQF2b07HI

To install:

  * cd /
  * mount /tmp/usbdrive/sda1 /mnt
  * mount -o remount,rw /
  * zcat /mnt/mcommander.cpio.gz | cpio -i
  * mc

==== ELinks ====

On [[http://thec64community.online/thread/270/c64mini-mode-hack-uart-needed?page=6|page 6]] of the thread, jj compiles the **ELinks** text-based web-browser, available here:

  * http://res.cloudinary.com/jj0/raw/upload/v1548597047/elinks.cpio_q0ymjc.gz

To install:

  * cd /
  * mount /tmp/usbdrive/sda1 /mnt
  * mount -o remount,rw /
  * zcat /mnt/elinks.cpio.gz | cpio -i
  * elinks

===== Extra Drivers ======

==== Belkin F5D5050 USB-to-LAN adapter ====

From page 7 of the forum:

  * http://res.cloudinary.com/jj0/raw/upload/v1548672620/pegasus_kodmah.ko
  * Put it on a USB drive
  * After you are in the command prompt (and have mounted the USB drive to /mnt) do:
    * 'insmod -f /mnt/pegasus.ko".