Accelerator comparison with C64 BASIC
This is a one liner BASIC program I made to place random characters to random locations on the screen. Added a mild Christmas theme by having it alternate between RED and GREEN. A helpful Facebook commenter was able to really condense the code. The idea here is that this is the fastest a C64 can execute said program (in BASIC). I decided to compare the stock speed with two aftermarket accelerators that were available for the C64. The Turbo Master CPU and the CMD SuperCPU. I let each run from just under a minute to see how much of the screen would be filled. Also, changed the random character to the PETSCII “BALL” graphic, looks better. 😊