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Your Commodore 64 memories
141 year ago
Did you have a Commodore 64 when it was released 30 years ago? Do you still have it? Do you still use it?
It would be great to hear your memories of this brilliant 8 bit computer. Please leave a comment below, and I will compile them all together at the end of this week. If you wish, you can also email me at andy@retrocomputers.eu
I look forward to hearing your stories!
Happy birthday to the Commodore 64 – 30 years young.
01 year ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
Taken from the excellent article at The Register : The Commodore 64 is 30
Commodore took the wraps off the Commodore 64, one of two immediate follow-ups to its popular Vic-20 home computer, 30 years ago this week.
The 64 made its public debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), though it wouldn’t go into production until later in the year before going on sale in the US market in August. It didn’t make it across the Atlantic until late Autumn.
The original 'breadbox' Commodore 64 design Source: Wikimedia
You can read the rest of the article at The Register : The Commodore 64 is 30
Retro Desk for April Fools Day
64 years ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
One of our DBAs at work decided to go on sabbatical. Part of the company policy is that if you do go on a sabbatical, you have to leave your company laptop behind.
Nick returns to the office on April 1st, so we thought we would play a little joke on him. We are going to say that we had to give his laptop to someone else. In its place, he now has a Commodore 64 sitting on his desk. Check out the photo below!
We didnt have a Commodore 1084 monitor to hand so we had to use a 17″ TFT screen. Obvously, the C64 does not have a VGA or DVI output! Luckily I had a VGA box going spare. This allows you to connect a composite video device to a VGA monitor.
C64 Composite cable made
0Have also made my C64 composite cable. Cant make the SVHS version as my Philips CM8833-II does not support it. 
Diagram for cable can be found here.
