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Posted on March 10, 2010 in Commodore software
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, ...
ASCII by Jason Scott / 5.25″ May Be Alive
Posted on February 22, 2010 in Commodore disk drive
You connect it inside your computer, and hook it both to a USB port and to a 5.25″ drive . After doing so, you use the included software to read between the various formats of various floppies. I should remark that all three of these solutions don't just allow the reading of IBM/DOS 5.25 ... The FC5205, for example, claims you can read: Apple DOS 3.2 (13-sector), Apple DOS 3.3 (16-sector), Apple ProDOS, Atari 810, Commodore 1541 , MS-DOS, North Star MDS-A-D, and TI-99/4A . ...
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Posted on February 08, 2010 in Commodore software
I think back in the '80s and '90s the industry needed a Microsoft to force workable standards on a market segmented between Apple, Commodore , IBM, Tandy, Atari, etc. Even individual companies made completely incompatible lines (VIC, ...
Frodo S60 Is Now Compatible With 5th Edition Devices!
Posted on October 29, 2009 in Commodore computers
For a substantial period of time (1983-1986), the Commodore 64 dominated the market with between 30% and 40% share and 2 million units sold per year, outselling the IBM PC clones, Apple computers , and Atari computers . ...
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Posted on October 04, 2009 in Commodore computers
The original line of PCs were part of an IBM strategy to get into the small computer market then dominated by the Commodore PET, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II and T… 2009-10-01 22:00:36. Read the rest here: Computers · Bookmark and Share ...
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Posted on September 23, 2009 in Commodore disk drive
Face it : If someone steals my 1541 ( Disk Dirve for my old C64 ) i would have more luck getting an new one although the C64 ceaased to exist around 1985. That was one the reasons why everybody who had to pay for it hated IBM, ...
Mod-Blog: Commodore 64 reborn... on the iPhone!
Posted on September 21, 2009 in Commodore computers
Despite my current status of an Apple Fanboy, my first computer had no relation to Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak. It was a Commodore 128 (a minor upgrade to the classic Commodore 64) - arguably less powerful than some Apple or IBM PCs of ...
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Posted on September 11, 2009 in Commodore disk drive
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Old Man and the C[++|#]: A Geek in Heaven
Posted on September 07, 2009 in Commodore software
With the help of the book Kids and the Commodore 128 (my favorite Christmas present from 1986) I learned how to program the computer using Commodore BASIC. Around two years later, home PCs from IBM and Compaq started to P1000276 appear in stores like Sears and Montgomery Ward. I had done just about all I ... Eric: I am a software engineer by day, philosopher by night, and one of those people who can never seem to "shut off" the voice in their head. View my complete profile.
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Posted on August 29, 2009 in Commodore computers
Between 1983-1986, Apple, IBM, and Atari computer were quaking in their boots. The reason? The Commodore 64 was selling 2 million units a year and dominated nearly 50% of the total market. As the company tried to innovate by releasing ...
Commodore 64 - 25th Anniversary Celebration
Posted on August 15, 2009 in Commodore software
During this epoch of microcomputer innovation, a marketplace was dominated by a IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC), a Commodore 64, a Atari 8-bit family, a Apple II, Tandy Corporation’s TRS-80s, as well as …
Poll: What was your first computer? If possible the one you grew ...
Posted on July 16, 2009 in Commodore computers
Acorn Computer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers; Commodore 64 / 128 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64; IBM XT - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer_XT ...
IBM OS/360 to Windows 3.1: Software that Changed Computing Forever ...
Posted on July 09, 2009 in Commodore software
While the early Macintosh systems were black and white and single-tasking and Windows 1 was barely out the door Commodore had a multi-tasking, multi-windowed color GUI that took full advantage of the power of the Motorola 68000 chip as ...