Commodore 64 - 25th Anniversary Celebration

What the C64 did have going for it, was #1 a real actually usable keyboard (now we take it for granted, but back then it really was a major factor in choosing a computer -- look at all the rancid keyboards from back then), video out to a TV, a colorful graphics chip with friendly character set and good sound chip, a sexy case for itself and its disk drive, and instant on to a command line prompt - which was useless everyone but someone who was enthralled with basic programming.

well computers have always been a learning experience, did you not know anyone sauve enough too fix some of the manufacturing problems? (i say, while i drop my apple on the table again too seat the chips, or smell smoke due too the worst layout in history) i had 3 originals, one of them modded with resets, freeze frame, and much more, and one of the later cases, that was sexy. my modded one still works. my drives still work.

typing LOAD"*",8,1 to hard for you?

10 PRINT"LOLOSER"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

Yeah typing Load "*" ,8,1 was to much for me and to SLOW for me. That's why I got a "FastLoad" cartridge!

I loved my shortcut commands not to mention my mega boot speed! ;) Man the good days.

The C64 had amazing hardware and looking back now, for a great price too. People give Sir Clive Sinclair all the credit for making home computers affordable but they forget that Tramiel was the leader in that idea on a global scale.

I loved the 64 but it was really let down by the onboard BASIC interpreter - it was pitiful compared to what other manufacturers supplied their machines with, but I suppose the low development costs in that respect contributed to the end price...

Respect. I used to have every Zzap and Commodore Force magazine ever printed. Stupidly checked them.

Shame :(

The C64 was a properly built computer, so many are still running and I've little doubt that if I dug mine out from the attic and plugged it in i'd be playing elite in no time. An absolute legend that changed the game forever, it brought the world of computing to millions and I'm glad that my first experience with a computer was on a C64.

wrong! the vic and C=64 were incredibly shoddily built. Just look at the bubbly traces on any 64 motherboard. Low quality, probably as low quality as they could push them out the door, that's how they could sell them that low and shock the Atari people. And the power supplies (and connectors to them) were notorious for failing. The big crippling factor for the C64 though was lack of a built in disk operating system, that would autoload whatever disk you had in the drive when you powered on

Those failing power supplies could be fixed with a 10cent fuse from your local service station.

I'm going to buy old computers from e-bay :)

Belgian Dj Valyom performed with Commodore
on the I Love Techno Festival Belgium for 10.000 people
The Commodore Generation is still alive !