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The C64 was a great little machine in its day, outside of the reality that you were lucky to get one to run for 2 years. Power supply problems, as I recall. I had 3 or 4 of them and loved them while they lasted.
Some of those early C64 games were more fun than anything produced in the last 15 years.
The C64 was a great little machine in its day, outside of the reality that you were lucky to get one to run for 2 years. Power supply problems, as I recall. I had 3 or 4 of them and loved them while they lasted.
Some of those early C64 games were more fun than anything produced in the last 15 years.
I had the same one for many years, was it just randomly crashing on you after boot? It had heat issues, I had a small enclosure with some fans that the C64 sat on blowing air up into the underside vents and it ran trouble free.
I was in computer shop recently with a lot of old stuff, a lot of it brand new in the box. The guy apparently is making quite a bit of money because if someone needs parts or software he has it. He was telling me how he did a job for something like $50K that would have cost the company millions. They had a machine that needed a specific touch screen that no one makes.
I had a C64 way back in HS. My Dad shot it because I was playing too many vidoe games! Back then I used to scoff at the idea that PC's would play video games... But now I have over 1000 video games in my Steam collection!
The sweetest computer I had the pleasure to own. Along with compiled Basic I learned assembly for subroutines for my video games. I sold my (all basic programmed) game to Compute! magazine. That was the biggest moment of my life.
Oh my; that guy's machine is older than me! (probably more reliable too, lol)
My Dad used to own a Commodore 64, a Vic-20 and a Sinclair Spectrum back in the early 80s.
I think he still has them packed away in his loft-space; he swears by them as being fun, easy to use and reliable compared to PCs and the constant need to bolt on more hardware in order for it to do the same thing it did 10 years previously a little quicker.
Next time I see him, I will ask if any of them still work.
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(probably more reliable too, lol)
