When the Commodore 64 was released in 1982, it was a masterpiece of engineering. It had capabilities far outstripping other home computers, and that was all due to two fancy chips inside the C64.
Although BASIC was most commonly used on home computers like the Commodore VIC-20, it was possible to write programs in other languages, such as Forth. Conveniently, all it took to set up a Forth ...
Evans recalled home computers "had now truly gone mainstream ... Both the Acorn Electron and Commodore's Plus/4 and 16 would be discontinued in 1985. In the background, the IBM PC and its clones ...
Radio Shack and Commodore introduced off-the-shelf computers as consumer products. People were very surprised walking by store windows with computers being featured for the home. In 1981 ...
I consider the A1000 a significant piece of home computing history ... considered by many to be the first multimedia computer, it marked the beginning of Commodore's last cycle, after the huge ...
The Commodore 64 turned 40 in 2022. If you owned one in the day, that’ll make you feel ancient. But rather than counting the years ticking by, let’s celebrate a home computer console classic, and mull ...