Brian Dougherty was the founder of Berkeley Softworks, the company that developed the GEOS graphical operating system for the Commodore 64, C128, Plus/4 and the Apple II series of computers.
And there we have it: replacement 6502 and 6522s from Rockwell for the gutted 1541 I repaired a couple of weeks ago. Now the drive is back into full working order!
The 6522 chips are relatively new and not MOS branded, but I think it's better than a non-working drive! #retrocomputing#commodore#c64#floppydisk
Still one of our fave C64 purchases - a homemade Goldene breadbin with a matching Suncom Inc. thumb-stick (which is detachable). This the best best way to play Wizard of Wor ;-)
Ich habe gerade eine Einladung zu einem der nächsten Computerclub Treffen für Retro Freunde bekommen. Da lerne ich dann hoffentlich noch einige Gleichgesinnte mehr kennen.
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I had completely forgotten that Boulder Dash had some sort of red tomato head Wally as main character and not some sort of pixel art insect, which it looked like in game...
Another evening of "work" and I finished implementing the chainlighting spell for our #roguelike on #c64 . The problem was there were too many enemies and so I died (also I had to spend two turns standing still to recover stamina).
The animation is a bit fast, but you should still be able to appreciate @politopo 's great #pixelart
The Toronto PET Users Group had an amazing interview with Brian Dougherty. (www.youtube.com)
Brian Dougherty was the founder of Berkeley Softworks, the company that developed the GEOS graphical operating system for the Commodore 64, C128, Plus/4 and the Apple II series of computers.