And it was a beast compared to my Timex Sinclair. (Even with the 16K expansion pack.)
The keyboard looks rather dusty ....
It’ll buff right out. :-)
I started with a TI-994A, wish that I still had it. Went to see the movie, “War Games”. Told the girlfriend at that time, I’m going to buy a computer and learn basic programming. It was a learning tool.
Most likely dirt, oil and grime from the fingers and palms of the mechanics who've been using it for so long. That in itself is testimony to the C64's ruggedness. When I worked at a computer tech store I sometimes got PCs that had gotten messed up by cigarette and pipe smoke from users who were smoking while they worked. Smoke accumulating over two or three years. Makes this Commodore still working after a quarter century even more impressive.
Nope, my hubby is a mechanic and his keyboard looks exactly the same. Auto shops produce a unique grime that gets on everything and is super damn hard to clean off.
That’s probably grease/grime from the mechanics using it.
I have a computer I bought in November, 1991. I picked it up the day that Magic Johnson announced that he had AIDS.
I bought a wide carriage Panasonic printer—tractor feed paper.
I had a DAC-EASY (Sage) accounting system installed, including payroll & word documents—which were sepatate components. Accounting system is complete double entry system, with Inventory, Accts Rec, Accts Pay., and other sections. It was installed on DOS-—NOT WINDOWS.
I still use this system since then, only upgrading it for the change from one century to the next.
I have had as many as 19 bookkeeping clients on it at a time, with all the payroll, 1099’s & other necessary data to do books for small businesses.
I still have 2 clients-—one I have worked for for over 46 years & the other for over 40 years.
I won’t change it. Tower was built by a Chatsworth, Calif. company called OZ. Still have the same monitor & keyboard, also.
I have a computer I bought in November, 1991. I picked it up the day that Magic Johnson announced that he had AIDS.
I bought a wide carriage Panasonic printer—tractor feed paper. Still use it.
I had a DAC-EASY (Sage) accounting system installed, including payroll & word documents—which were sepatate components. Accounting system is complete double entry system, with Inventory, Accts Rec, Accts Pay., and other sections. It was installed on DOS-—NOT WINDOWS.
I still use this system since then, only upgrading it for the change from one century to the next.
I have had as many as 19 bookkeeping clients on it at a time, with all the payroll, 1099’s & other necessary data to do books for small businesses.
I still have 2 clients-—one I have worked for for over 46 years & the other for over 40 years.
I won’t change it. Tower was built by a Chatsworth, Calif. company called OZ. Still have the same monitor & keyboard, also.
And it was a beast compared to my Timex Sinclair. (Even with the 16K expansion pack.)