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Is it just a name?

Posted on July 26, 2015 by admin

Since the end of Commodore Business Machines in early 1993 there have been many attempts to revive the company and to use the name which is only remembered by us old timers and while these attempts have been made by … Continue reading →

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ATARI: Game Over Documentary

Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin

Finished watching ATARI: Game Over Documentary on Apple TV last week. While I found it interesting that even after 30 years that there is such interest in whether Atari did or didnt dump thousands of ET cartridges in a landfill. … Continue reading →

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Where it begun

Posted on May 9, 2014 by admin

It was the early 1980’s and the Home Computer revolution had not long begun when I was gifted a Commodore VIC 20 along with two cartridges and an excellent easy to follow instruction manual. Commodore VIC 20 The cartridges were … Continue reading →

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Launching 64 programs from a 128

Posted on June 2, 2013 by admin

How to launch a C64 program from a C128 in 128 mode: Location 65533 will return a unique value depending on the mode / machine which is running. Using the ABS function allows us to make the variable M equal … Continue reading →

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Load and Run

Posted on September 16, 2003 by admin

Here is a utility program for everyone. One of the worst features of the C64 is the way the 1541 handles machine language program. It is essential that you load a ML program wit a “,8,1” suffix so that the … Continue reading →

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