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Otter is my grandfather and he is psychic. He knew that I played the game "SHAMUS" as a child and desperately wanted a new . My adoption parents could only afford a Vic-20 and the Commodore 64 was standard. The price of them was ...

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I, unfortuantely, in the early 80's didn't have a Commodore 64 or any of the more capable computers of the time. I had an IBM PC with the green screen display, so I missed out on a lot. But regardless of what kind of you had ...

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These computers introduced many children to the and allowed them to play games and perform basic tasks. They also produced the Commodore 64/128 that became the most popular game computer . Unfortunately, Commodore failed to ...

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As software developers shifted to these platforms, the Amiga lost value for mainstream consumers. The custom-designed and custom-built AGA chipset also cost Commodore considerably more than the commodity chips used in IBM PCs, ...

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Computers that date to the ancient past is hard to use. The Commodore 64 would be similar to Windows 1.0. Windows 1.0 doesn't have a GUI. I love Windows 7's clean UI, the aero effects and fancy graphics. Aero effects and fancy graphics ...

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Armed with my C64, 1541 disk drive , 1702 monitor and the printer, whatever it was, I was able to get more done, more quickly, than with the VIC-20. I wrote a multi-user[1] adventure game called The Causes of Chaos, which I sold via a ...

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Awhile back my wife brought home several boxes of Commodore 64 “stuff” that her brother was getting rid of. All of it sat in our basement for the longest time until I came home last week and there sat the whole family playing games on ...

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Meanwhile, home users could choose from a narrow assortment of systems, none of which bear much resemblance to the array of computers for sale today; and one of the most popular models back then was the Commodore 64 . ...

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For example, while most of us know that the C64 had a MOS 6510 CPU, did you know that the 1541 disk drive was a full computer in itself, with a MOS 6502 processor and built-in disk operating system? That would be like having a Core 2 on ...

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A companion software plug-in lets you edit and play genuine SID sounds from within your favorite computer-based recording program, integrating 8-bit sound with 21st century technology. The hardware support all versions of the SID ...

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Tired of the glitz and glamour of your brand-new OS? Take it back to the good old days with our Commodore 64 theme for Windows 7. Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import. This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm and is ...

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Meanwhile, home users could choose from a narrow assortment of systems, none of which bear much resemblance to the array of computers for sale today; and one of the most popular models back then was the Commodore 64 . http://digg.com/ ...

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The Commodore SID chip is perhaps the most famous sound generator of the 8-bit era. Its 3 channels of analog audio created kept Commodore owners from going slowly mad while waiting for their 1541 disk drives to load games at... ... A companion software plug-in lets you edit and play genuine SID sounds from within your favorite computer-based music recording program, integrating 8-bit sound with 21st century technology. The hardware support all versions of the SID chip ...

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Now, other than a CBM II line, I have a representation of all the lines of computers that Commodore sold. I won't say what it is, but here is a criptic hint. This was a line designed in Germany for Business Clients only. ...

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Ye Olde Commodore computer set to Twitter. New software written for a 1980's Commodore VIC-20 allows the vintage PC to Twitter despite negligible processing power, RAM.. (Handout. (Evergeek) - To celebrate its fifth year in business, ...

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Well eventually they managed to shrink them a bit for the home consumer and one of the most popular models was of course the Commodore 64. It was one of the first PC's to boot without a floppy disk and came with a generous 64 kilobytes of memory. ... It also has desktop icons for your User folder (a miniature C-64 screen); your My Computer link (a C-64 computer), and Recycle Bin (that 1541 floppy drive -the green LED illuminates when the Recycle Bin contains something). ...

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Commodore 64 Games for Kids List Price: $12.95. Explains how to program the Commodore 64 computer for thirty educational games, including those that test the player's knowledge of music and astronomy. ...

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It's a common misconception that today's computers and games consoles are better than the ones from the Eighties. Anyone who owned a Commodore 64 , Amiga,

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It's a common misconception that today's computers and games consoles are better than the ones from the Eighties. Anyone who owned a Commodore 64, Amiga,

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The Commodore Vic-20 – the first computer to achieve one million sales – is to be resurrected online on Saturday. The 1981 home computer - one of the least technically capable PCs but by far one of the most popular at the time – will be ...

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