Folks! My friend was at a “junk” shop and found an old computer he thought I might like (a Vic 20? Uh yeah) so he bought it and sent it to me. It works straight away. But the amazing thing? See next post in this thread
I sent one of my dead Commodore 1541 floppy drive heads to someone with access to a high resolution CT scanner. They did a lot of HARD work and came back with super high resolution scans of the head and a possible place where the coil has been damaged. I am SUPER impressed.
Serious expansion for the C64: a IEEE488 interface! Only with the edge connector, but nevertheless! HPIB and GPIB devices and obviously all the early CBM disk drives! #commodore#c64#retrocomputing#ieee488
"The company was founded in 1976 by Jack Tramiel and Irving Gould. Its C64 personal computer was a massive success, enabling the firm to post sales of $49 million by the close of 1983..."
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I'm currently finishing "The Heart of Salamanderland" for the Amstrad CPC, that will have a physical release by PolyPlay (see my Brick Rick for an example!).
Anniversary: 30 Years Ago, Commodore Died -- Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
"The company was founded in 1976 by Jack Tramiel and Irving Gould. Its C64 personal computer was a massive success, enabling the firm to post sales of $49 million by the close of 1983..."