Commodore 64 Meat Smoker Controller - The Smokerdore 64

[@Nighthawke70]

The company I worked for was in the slot car racing magazine/track building business and they used the C-64 for a race management/track monitoring system. They designed a controller board that fit in a 3X5 box, designed to monitor the 6 lanes of a standard slot car track. It used dead Track segments to trigger the lap time and counter, displaying it all real-time on the monitor or external display of choice. Once a race was finished, it would display the race stats and prompt the racers to rotate to the next lane. After all said and done, we had the option to send the race results to the printer for all to peruse and brag about. There was talk about burning the track program to EPROM for cartridges, but it didn't get that far. It got as far as having a production run made of the relay board assembly. It sold well and it was regarded as one of the better track managers.

[@CityXen]

That is fascinating. Do you have any pictures of this in action? Either from the racetrack or screen pictures of the program?

[@Nighthawke70]

@@CityXen It's been over a decade since and they moved back to Arkansas and disappeared into obscurity. The gent that did the software has vanished too, perhaps is deceased by now. I'll see if I got any copies of the software floating around, but I dunno.

[@CityXen]

@@Nighthawke70 would love to view that.

[@doktor6495]

Not much to say but ... DELICIOUS! Greetings, Doc64!

[@CityXen]

We shall place an extra rib in there next time just for you!

[@DavidYoud]

@8:22 the "done" klaxon is hilarious!

[@CityXen]

Lifted right out of the C64 user manual... :D

[@DavidYoud]

@@CityXen Ha! I didn't recognize it.

[@75slaine]

Woot! Another awesome video lads, nice one.

[@DrunkenMasterPaul]

Awesome job! I took a simpler approach to my home hacked smoker.

[@gregdunlap7538]

Awesome! Giving the Commodore 64 a real and very important job to do!

[@8_Bit]

Nice work guys!

[@CityXen]

Thanks Robin.

[@KarenEidson]

love the video, those ribs look very good. Can't believe a C64 can do all that.

[@CityXen]

Thanks for watching!

[@sleepytigerproductions2169]

Great video! Now I’m hungry 😩

[@CityXen]

Thanks, just smoked a brisket the other day with this! Turned out excellent.

[@jopotzner]

8-bit and cooking - LOVE IT.

[@a4000t]

very cool, back in the 80's i did a burglar alarm using the joyports and window/door sensors..S.A.M announced intruders.. left it on and went to school,scared my mom half to death when she came in the room.LOL

[@CityXen]

That sounds really neat!

[@williamallen8082]

Ya'll about to get a lot of subscribers since this is on hackaday. I love it, subbed with both my accounts.

[@CityXen]

Wow! Thank you!

[@GadgetUK164]

Love it =D

[@MrHowlinAlan]

Really good video. I'm inspired to try something like this.

[@CityXen]

That's awesome! Let us know what you come up with!

[@10MARC]

Zany Hijinx FTW!

[@Mindrax]

Legendary :)

[@andycraig7734]

Can this be done with grow lamps? (Asking for a friend)

[@CityXen]

Yes

[@JeremyCook]

For free!!??? Enjoyed your format :-)

[@CityXen]

Yes FREE!! As in beer! And thank you!