Manual

Setting Up

Prerequisities

Recommended system requirements.

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-760 or equivalent AMD CPU
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB / AMD RX 470 4GB or equivalent (DirectX 11 compatible).
• Resolution: Designed for Full HD 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080).
• Storage: 2 GB available space

Minimum system requirements are somewhat less than recommended. We cannot give exact minimum system specifications at this stage of the project. So to be on the safe side, verify that your system CPU and GPU performance are close enough (>80%) compared to recommended setup.

Install Breadbox

Breadbox is available on Steam soon.

1. Download and install Steam client (if you don't already have it).
2. Create Steam account (if you don't already have one).
3. Purchase your personal copy of Breadbox from the Steam Store page or using Steam client.
4. Open your Steam Library and select Breadbox.
5. Click Install
6. You are good to go. Click Start.

Install emulator

VICE (VICE IOI)

1. Start The Breadbox if it's not running.
2. Select any Commodore computer on the Main Menu. (Currently there are no other brands)
3. When the selected computer scene is open. Open Settings panel from the left side bar.
4. Click Setup near the Emulator label.
5. On the popup window, note the About VICE tab to find out more about VICE (and VICE IOI).
6. On the popup window, activate Setup Emulator tab and click Next.
7. Verify the installation path and choose another one if you prefer.
   Note! Please do not include any Windows standard folder (e.g. Program Files) here.
   (Using Windows standard folder would reguire the application to switch to admin mode. This functionality is not yet implemented, so we suggest you use another path here, for example the suggested default path.)
8. Click Install
9. Wait about a minute for download and unpack to finish.
10. Installation is ready, when you see a text VICE IOI is intalled together with OK button.
11. Click OK.

After the installation is done, the emulator integration is immediately active on all Commodore brand computers (You don't need to do installation again on the other models).

You can now turn ON the computers and enjoy the simulation with emulation :)

Get Started

Main Menu

Main Menu

Main Menu shows all the computers available for you enjoy.

Clicking on any computer model image will start the simulation of the selected model. You can also see specifications of each model by clicking an info icon on the top-right corner of the image.

PET 2001 Simulator Scene

Simulator View

Simulator View is a virtual desktop, containing the running simulation of the selected computer with various peripherals.

You can interact with a various items, like diskettes, tapes, switches and buttons with your mouse. You can also change a camera view to a different predefined camera close ups by pointing an object or a hotspot, and using mouse scroll or mouse buttons to trigger the change. Right mouse button will reset the camera view back to default state.

Each computer model has slightly different simulator view, but basically they all look quite similar and follow the same UI-logic.

Hotspots

In addition to zooming in to different peripherals, scene contains few additional hotspots to allow easy access to some important view angles.

Access the hotspots by hovering the mouse cursor close enough.