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Title: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: redrumloa on December 08, 2007, 01:59:28 PM
The Amiga's grandfather, the Commodore 64, has received quite a write up on CNN.COM!



CNN.COM (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/07/c64/index.html#cnnSTCText) has several fairly positive articles on old C64. This was featured on the homepage yesterday. Some of the details are debatable, but overall a good read.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: Vlabguy1 on December 08, 2007, 04:17:16 PM
That was a great write up on CNN... :-)..
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: downix on December 08, 2007, 04:31:04 PM
made me dig out my C64 and fire it up.  Programmed my first demo in years.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: swift240 on December 08, 2007, 05:46:41 PM
The C64 is like the Amiga, one of those computers that simply wont die out.


I still have and use a C128 with a Plus4 on my other table.

Mike. :-)  :-)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: sdyates on December 08, 2007, 08:51:33 PM
I got my start on the Commodore 64, version 1 (Vic-20). Loved that machine.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: AeroMan on December 09, 2007, 12:22:15 AM
I jus got my 64 some months ago. Unfortunately it has a bad PLA and I'm trying to fix it. No hurry, I've waited 20 years to have one....  :-D

It's funny to see it declared as Amiga's Grandfather. The Amiga is closer to the Atari 800 than the 64.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: kd7ota on December 09, 2007, 01:20:52 AM
@downix

Do you have the demo so I can view in winVice?  :-D

Dont need to be impressive.  Also, you do know assembly?  :-)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: downix on December 09, 2007, 01:31:38 AM
Um, if you really want.  All I did was have it play scales.  Remembering all those PEEK and POKEs again.

And I used to.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: AMC258 on December 09, 2007, 02:55:03 AM
My first REAL ambitious programming project was on the C64.  It's something to brag about to this day.

But, if the C64 is the Amiga's grandfather, does that make the Bender the Amiga's 6502 based brother?
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: spihunter on December 09, 2007, 03:17:19 AM
I hate to say it but my only programming experience was with my basic cartiridge on my Atari 800.

I programmed a full fledged text game in the spirt of the "chose your own adventure novel" kind of thing.

I even did a full graphic intro screen if I remember correctly?

Saved to cassette tape so I'm sure its lost forever....
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: Homer on December 09, 2007, 03:25:44 AM
Hey, is this turning into C64.Org or what  :lol:
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: techie on December 09, 2007, 04:07:22 AM
Great Article and just as a side note someone over on the CNN site posted a link to a very cool Chuck Peddle interview on youtube Blog site with Youtube link (http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/6335)

If you've read On The Edge you probably already know a good portion of the history he discusses but it is still well worth watching :-)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: AeroMan on December 09, 2007, 01:00:23 PM
@AMC258

   I forgot this! Bender has a 6502 as his brain !! Hahaha.. Great !
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: redrumloa on December 09, 2007, 01:01:03 PM
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Hey, is this turning into C64.Org or what


If I had my way it would be, I've suggested such an idea to Wayne a few times. Unfortunately he's turned me down each time  ;-)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: HopperJF on December 10, 2007, 02:02:20 AM
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I hate to say it but my only programming experience was with my basic cartiridge on my Atari 800.

I programmed a full fledged text game in the spirt of the "chose your own adventure novel" kind of thing.

I even did a full graphic intro screen if I remember correctly?

Saved to cassette tape so I'm sure its lost forever....


I wouldn't be too negative, my CPC tapes still work fine and I've many tapes which have outlived some CD's of mine.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: HopperJF on December 10, 2007, 02:03:04 AM
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Hey, is this turning into C64.Org or what


Commodore.org would be a good idea since it could include both Commodore and Amiga machines
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: AMC258 on December 10, 2007, 02:13:06 AM
@AeroMan:

There's an episode where there is a picture of one of Bender's ancestors on the wall, and the caption reads "COMMODORE LXIV".  It's really quick.  I didn't catch it right away.  A few minutes later I was ROFLing.

@Spihunter:

If C= written tapes are as good as C= written disks, I'd guess your tape is still good.  C= disk drives have very strong magnets.  On an Apple ][, you could always use both sides of single sided disks.  With C= drives, unless you had really good double sided disks, writing on one side would trash the other.
Besides, for some reason, tapes stay magnetised a long time as long as you don't store them on top of your monitor.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on December 10, 2007, 09:36:37 PM
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Poster: sdyates  Posted: 2007/12/8 21:51:33

I got my start on the Commodore 64, version 1 (Vic-20). Loved that machine.

That's not a "Commodore 64 version 1" that's a "Commodore VIC20". :-)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: Pyromania on December 11, 2007, 04:40:27 AM
C64 was cool, it was my first computer. I gave it up though when I got an Amiga. The Amiga was so far ahead of the C64 it was not even funny.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 news featured on CNN.com
Post by: Quixote on December 16, 2007, 08:41:34 AM
;-) I recall coding my C64 to create an editor to print lables for my backup copies of Amiga magazine cover disks.  One backup per coverdisk, then they'd be stored separately and anything I wanted to install would be installed from the backup.

(http://www.amiga.org/uploads/smil402e47bc0754a.gif)Once Amiga magizines started using CD's I stopped using my editor....