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New Commodore 64 hardware simulator lets users break chips and pins

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Developer Salvatore Sanfilippo, known as antirez and the creator of Redis, has released a Commodore 64 hardware simulator on GitHub. The tool models the machine's circuitry at a level where users can deliberately break chips or individual pins and observe the effects on the system. It is drawing attention from retrocomputing and electronics enthusiasts curious about low-level hardware behaviour.

Why now: The project comes from a well-known open source developer and offers an unusual hands-on way to learn how vintage computer hardware fails.

Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez)Commodore 64GitHubRedis

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