In this video I show some of the basic starting skills you need to configure the look of your C-64, how to access data on tape and floppy disc, maintenance for tape drives, and some simple codes to get things going. Consider this C-64 for newborns. No opcodes, stack, or registers in this so if you already know what I am talking about then this video will be pretty lame :). Some stiff edits due to camera issues - new camera is on the way! I will make some other videos to address troubleshooting and repair of common problems with the Commodore too. Have fun, and see you back at the lab!
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Nice to catch some content from a decade ago. It doesn't go off. ❤
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Spent some of the most formative years of my youth living and breathing everything C64. Good times.
I had a Dragon 32, which was Welsh. My dad got rid of it with all my games and childhood memories. Shame.
I remember the C64 also. My friend had it. Great PC
the friendly computer! if anyone has a C 64 they need to read the instruction manual! that's a swell piece of technical documentation.
Fran is a cutie
After typing-in a long program, don't forget to type SYS 64738 in immediate mode before saving so it saves with verify later. Better safe than sorry.
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The first Space Shuttle took of with the technology of these first computers.
I have one of these computers I bought years ago
I like watching fran's videos while I code lol
I got a Commodore 64 because I was a bad kid. It was just before Christmas and I was supposed to get an Atari. Well, I decided it would be a good time to try and light my first match… freaked out, dropped the match and lit the carpet on fire…. Mom told me there was no Santa, opened my Atari in front of me (along with all my other presents) and returned them. Three days after Christmas dad brought me home a new commodore.. thankful I was a bad kid, ended up learning computers instead of just gaming
I spent a considerable portion of my life typing in BASIC programs, peeking, poking, crinkling tapes and the like. And I recently retired from programming PLCs and using raspberry pi and Python to enhance automated systems. But, where is the next generation coming from?
Machines like these started thousands of people programming.
But you don't learn Jack from point and click.
Watch the video of bill who engineered it at 24 years old. Crazy times.