Comments on: C=64 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2003/09/10/c64/ The random non-photographic musings of Augie De Blieck Jr. Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:03:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Various and Sundry: DVDs, Tech, HDTV, and More » Blog Archive » Commodore 64 nostalgia http://www.variousandsundry.com/2003/09/10/c64/comment-page-1/#comment-141093 Various and Sundry: DVDs, Tech, HDTV, and More » Blog Archive » Commodore 64 nostalgia Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:52:44 +0000 /?p=723#comment-141093 [...] C=64 - with pics! (10 Sept 2003) [...] [...] C=64 – with pics! (10 Sept 2003) [...]

]]> By: Colin Blair http://www.variousandsundry.com/2003/09/10/c64/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 Colin Blair Fri, 12 Sep 2003 04:52:51 +0000 /?p=723#comment-1618 I started out with an Atari 800. That BASIC cartridge got a lot of use. I started out with an Atari 800. That BASIC cartridge got a lot of use.

]]> By: Franklin Harris http://www.variousandsundry.com/2003/09/10/c64/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Franklin Harris Thu, 11 Sep 2003 02:51:05 +0000 /?p=723#comment-1614 My first computer was a Vic 20. It's still around here -- somewhere -- along with a couple of games. My first computer was a Vic 20. It’s still around here — somewhere — along with a couple of games.

]]> By: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://www.variousandsundry.com/2003/09/10/c64/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 Augie De Blieck Jr. Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:56:49 +0000 /?p=723#comment-1611 I wanted an Amiga 500 so badly back then. I remember when they had AMIGA commercials on TV around Christmas time. I think it was 1989. Those things had HARD DRIVES! What a cool concept. In many ways, those computers were just as far ahead of their time as the C=64s were. Remember -- BABYLON 5 did some of their first season special effects work on AMIGAs....<br /> <br /> And the old 5.5" floppy. It's a relic of the past now, with the 3.25" disc soon to follow, I'd imagine. I could probably do a lookback at the glory days of the 100 MB Zip Drive already, too, come to think of it. I just used one to transfer files from my mother's old Win95 computer to her new Win2000, though. Came in handy.<br /> <br /> I remember taking the large floppies and cutting an extra notch on the side so I could record to both sides.<br /> <br /> Did you play a lot of those Epic Olympics games? Those were huge by me.<br /> <br /> -Augie I wanted an Amiga 500 so badly back then. I remember when they had AMIGA commercials on TV around Christmas time. I think it was 1989. Those things had HARD DRIVES! What a cool concept. In many ways, those computers were just as far ahead of their time as the C=64s were. Remember — BABYLON 5 did some of their first season special effects work on AMIGAs….

And the old 5.5″ floppy. It’s a relic of the past now, with the 3.25″ disc soon to follow, I’d imagine. I could probably do a lookback at the glory days of the 100 MB Zip Drive already, too, come to think of it. I just used one to transfer files from my mother’s old Win95 computer to her new Win2000, though. Came in handy.

I remember taking the large floppies and cutting an extra notch on the side so I could record to both sides.

Did you play a lot of those Epic Olympics games? Those were huge by me.

-Augie

]]> By: JLK http://www.variousandsundry.com/2003/09/10/c64/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 JLK Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:25:36 +0000 /?p=723#comment-1607 Back in 1988, in my sophomore year at college, two guys on my dormitory floor had C=64s. One was my roommate. Many potential study hours were wasted playing the games in his massive library, stored on over fifty 5.5 inch disks. Thank goodness those old Atari VCS joysticks were compatible and still relatively easy to find. Oddly enough, my roommate never used the computer for its intended purpose -- schoolwork.<br /> <br /> The other guy was the one we nicknamed "Curvebuster," due to his uncanny and irritating ability to bust the curves on all of the Calculus and Chemistry exams. He had lost a roommate and lived in the room alone, spending countless early mornings going "online" and visiting something called the "internet," where he would "chat" for hours with the guys on the network at Princeton and MIT and who knows where. I once watched, dumbfounded, as he typed words onto his screen and someone, somewhere, typed words in reply. I had bragged to him once that I had an Apple Macintosh at home (the first model from 1983), and he snorted "That's nothing, when I go home for the summer, I'm getting rid of this C=64 and I'm getting an AMIGA." I tried to buy the C=64 from him (because by then I had copied all of my roommates games) but he refused. Still have the disks, somewhere.<br /> <br /> JLK<br /> <br /> Back in 1988, in my sophomore year at college, two guys on my dormitory floor had C=64s. One was my roommate. Many potential study hours were wasted playing the games in his massive library, stored on over fifty 5.5 inch disks. Thank goodness those old Atari VCS joysticks were compatible and still relatively easy to find. Oddly enough, my roommate never used the computer for its intended purpose — schoolwork.

The other guy was the one we nicknamed “Curvebuster,” due to his uncanny and irritating ability to bust the curves on all of the Calculus and Chemistry exams. He had lost a roommate and lived in the room alone, spending countless early mornings going “online” and visiting something called the “internet,” where he would “chat” for hours with the guys on the network at Princeton and MIT and who knows where. I once watched, dumbfounded, as he typed words onto his screen and someone, somewhere, typed words in reply. I had bragged to him once that I had an Apple Macintosh at home (the first model from 1983), and he snorted “That’s nothing, when I go home for the summer, I’m getting rid of this C=64 and I’m getting an AMIGA.” I tried to buy the C=64 from him (because by then I had copied all of my roommates games) but he refused. Still have the disks, somewhere.

JLK

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