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C64 REPL

Source: https://replit.com/

The project by Matthew Iselin is in the same vein. But the approach is quite different. Matthew uses the functionality of replit and especially the possibility to run packages of the Linux distribution NixOS directly in a REPL in the browser.

The result can be found here and starts a C64 emulation in VICE after a short wait for initialization. 

Matthew has packaged two small test programs in C and 6502 assembly in a .d64 file, and if you like, you can easily make your own programs available in the browser based on his template.

It is amazing how universally browsers can be used as runtime environments today. And emulators like VICE are a perfect target. The possibilities of Nix and NixOS go far beyond that. If you don't know the project yet, you might get some completely different ideas over there. 

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