Comments on: Remembering the Commodore 64 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/ Where TV Finds the Future Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: c64 Messiah http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-632509 c64 Messiah Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:18:55 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-632509 Racing Destruction set, Mail Order Monsters, and the entire Archon series on the commodore 64. Who could ask for anything more? Racing Destruction set, Mail Order Monsters, and the entire Archon series on the commodore 64. Who could ask for anything more?

]]> By: Wendell Cochran http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-623468 Wendell Cochran Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:31:47 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-623468 My first computer was a C-64. I used it to produce some of the first computer-assisted journalism by using a database program to analyze banking records. My first computer was a C-64.

I used it to produce some of the first computer-assisted journalism by using a database program to analyze banking records.

]]> By: Amanda E. http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-623366 Amanda E. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:36:55 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-623366 The first computer in my house in the 80's was a Commodore 64 before we upgraded a few years later to a mil-surplus IBM PS/2. Rob, if you really want Wasteland on XP - shoot me an email and I'll tell you how to get it, The first computer in my house in the 80’s was a Commodore 64 before we upgraded a few years later to a mil-surplus IBM PS/2.

Rob, if you really want Wasteland on XP - shoot me an email and I’ll tell you how to get it,

]]> By: Rob http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622733 Rob Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:25:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622733 I got a Commodore 64 with a tape drive for my 11th birthday! I remember waiting 10 minutes to load Choplifter into that sucker! I upgraded to a C-128 years later and I still wish I could find an WinXP emulator to play Wasteland, one of the greatest RPGs of all time. I got a Commodore 64 with a tape drive for my 11th birthday! I remember waiting 10 minutes to load Choplifter into that sucker!

I upgraded to a C-128 years later and I still wish I could find an WinXP emulator to play Wasteland, one of the greatest RPGs of all time.

]]> By: Troy T. http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622677 Troy T. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:03:46 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622677 Sinclair Zx-80 was my first Interact Computer (anyone remember that one?) of Ann Arbor, MI I bought after that with money when I sold my motorcycle (geek alert) then vic-20, C-64, Atari 400, 800, XL I've still got a couple of these in boxes someplace. Sinclair Zx-80 was my first
Interact Computer (anyone remember that one?) of Ann Arbor, MI I bought after that with money when I sold my motorcycle (geek alert)
then vic-20, C-64, Atari 400, 800, XL
I’ve still got a couple of these in boxes someplace.

]]> By: Tim http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622621 Tim Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:41:05 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622621 I third the Atari series... and if anyone out there will listen, they ought to port Star Raiders / Star Raiders II to the GBA/DS platforms, it would sell like crazy I third the Atari series… and if anyone out there will listen, they ought to port Star Raiders / Star Raiders II to the GBA/DS platforms, it would sell like crazy

]]> By: Kid3 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622488 Kid3 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:36:37 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622488 10 PRINT "The last program I wrote was on a VIC-20" 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “The last program I wrote was on a VIC-20″
20 GOTO 10

]]> By: Jason http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622470 Jason Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:13:04 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622470 I still have a working Commodore 64 sitting in my closet! I pull it out every so often and fire it up. (Love the old Quest for Tires - Can't get that on XBox 360) The only problem I have is my 5 1/4 floppy disks are starting to degrade with age... A bunch of them are corrputed... but the Commodore itself still works ... I still have a working Commodore 64 sitting in my closet! I pull it out every so often and fire it up. (Love the old Quest for Tires - Can’t get that on XBox 360)

The only problem I have is my 5 1/4 floppy disks are starting to degrade with age… A bunch of them are corrputed… but the Commodore itself still works …

]]> By: Kerry http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622467 Kerry Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:06:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622467 I gotta agree with WiggyWack... the Atari 800XL was a mean games machine. Once you waited for the tape to load, of course. I gotta agree with WiggyWack… the Atari 800XL was a mean games machine. Once you waited for the tape to load, of course.

]]> By: Andrew Tyndall http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622422 Andrew Tyndall Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:12:50 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622422 Texas Instruments' TI-99 produced cross tabulations for the first Tyndall Report in 1987. Texas Instruments’ TI-99 produced cross tabulations for the first Tyndall Report in 1987.

]]> By: Todd http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622327 Todd Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:07:49 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622327 I had the portable, C64... built-in keyboard, monitor and floppy drive... I thought I was the bomb! I had the portable, C64… built-in keyboard, monitor and floppy drive… I thought I was the bomb!

]]> By: WiggyWack http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622326 WiggyWack Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:06:32 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622326 Atari forever! Atari forever!

]]> By: felix http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622322 felix Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/12/13/the-man-behind-the-commodore-64/#comment-622322 omega race on the vic-20 ruled!! omega race on the vic-20 ruled!!

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