The Commodore 64 Rises From the Ashes

CBS ^ | June 01, 2010

[COBOL2Java]

My first computer:

I also shelled out the $49.95 for the 16K memory expansion unit. Yeah, baby!

[whd23]

This Webster ?

The magazines became more user friendly later on. First you entered the "automatic proofreader" for BASIC programs (this is the one you had to carefully scrutinize, no safety net). Then you used the auto-proofreader to enter the BASIC "Machine Language Editor" loader. Finally you used the MLX to enter pages and pages of numbers as listed in the back of the magazine.

Not too long ago I used a scanner + OCR + some quick & dirty 'C' programs to convert paper MLX-I listings to MLX-II listings so I could enter them on my C64. My little boy really digs "daddy's old computer" LOL!

[DollyCali]

LOL..you big spender!

[DollyCali]

Pingy ping

[Rodamala]

I figure that coding your own games back when we were growing up was the equivalent to carving a slingshot from a tree branch or maybe setting the points on your dirtbike or something like that.

What do kids have these days?

Downloadable applications for an I-phone?

Fail.

Every new generation of Americans becomes more and more ignorant in regards to taking care of themselves. It's no wonder we have the government we do right now.

[Jet Jaguar]

Good post.

[ShadowAce]

[Still Thinking]

Or the TRS-80.

Begone, evil troll!

[LearnsFromMistakes]

I loved the TI...some interesting capabilities, and some great games.

[dfwright]

I still have my 800 also. I sold my 130XE many years ago. Still have all my disks and a floppy drive around somewhere. I think I’ve lost my basic cartridge, though =(

[DigitalVideoDude]

Wrote tons of 6809 assembler on this bad boy back in the early '80s.

[markman46]

flight simulator was the best

[Richard Kimball]

Oh man, did I waste some time on Zork.

[LTCJ]

The TI 99/4 was a better machine but TI kept it “closed” so there was almost no third party development of software.
Huge mistake on their part.

Mine, too. For what it did it was nice. The problem was it didn't do much.

And, I had no business putting that kind of money into it.

Now, the C64 and the Amiga, those were great little machines.

[LTCJ]

The TI 99/4 was a better machine but TI kept it “closed” so there was almost no third party development of software.
Huge mistake on their part.

Mine, too. For what it did it was nice. The problem was it didn't do much.

And, I had no business putting that kind of money into it.

Now, the C64 and the Amiga, those were great little machines.

[Robert A Cook PE]

To find out if a PC was DOS compatible:
“Can it run MSWord?
Can it run Flight Simulator?”

[markman46]

yes that was so true

[Manic_Episode]

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

[Manic_Episode]

[dfwgator]

The Troll Room
This is a small room with passages to the east and south and a forbidding hole leading west. Bloodstains and deep scratches (perhaps made by an axe) mar the walls.
A nasty-looking troll, brandishing a bloody axe, blocks all passages out of the room.
Your sword has begun to glow very brightly.

>Kill troll with sword