Frodo
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What both publish
| Fact | Frodo | TRX64 |
|---|---|---|
| Cartridges | V4.5 added support for banked cartridges including Ocean, Fun Play, Power Play, Super Games, and Simons' BASIC. | Supported cartridge formats include generic 8K/16K/Ultimax, Ocean, Magic Desk, EasyFlash, GMod2, GMod4, MegaByter and C64MegaCart. |
| Documentation | The repository includes an HTML manual and a beginner guide covering controllers, display, drives, loading software, keyboard mappings and emulator shortcuts. | The repository includes a README, a 228-line monitor reference and a separate CLI README. |
| Installation | The repository documents building with autogen.sh, make and make install on Unix-like systems, macOS and Windows. | Prebuilt archives target macOS, Linux and Windows on x86_64 and arm64; Homebrew and cargo source builds are also documented. |
| Licence | The public source repository identifies the project as GPL-2.0 licensed. | The project is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later and says its emulation cores derive from VICE under GPL-2.0-or-later. |
| License | The repository lists Frodo under the GPL-2.0 license. | The project is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. |
| Maker identity | The maker site identifies Christian Bauer as a physicist who turned his computer hobby into a career and lists Frodo among his projects. | The GitHub account identifies the maker as Alex Damhuis and lists TRX64 among its public repositories. |
| Purpose | Frodo is a portable Commodore 64 emulator focused on reproducing special graphical effects possible on the C64. | TRX64 is a cycle-accurate Commodore 64, 1541, and 1581 emulation runtime written in Rust. |
Frodo plans
- FrodoFree
TRX64 plans
- Free and open sourceFree
- TRX64 open-source softwareFree
Pick Frodo if…
Frodo suits people who want to run Commodore 64 software on Linux, macOS, or Windows, including users on slower machines who may prefer Frodo Lite. Its controller mapping and support for disk, tape, and cartridge formats also suit people using varied C64 media.
Pick TRX64 if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.