Syd Bolton and Jason Gambacort reflect on the importance of the Commodore 64, BBS's, and games at the Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, ON, Canada.
the BBS was the beginning of the internet..u could go there and chat and download stuff read articles..the C-64 was the machine many people cut their teeth on
I was just a kid and missed it. But got on one at a friends house and experienced it. I had a Laser 128 cause I thought it would be better, man was I wrong. But I can never forget the day the programs became coded and you could not see it anymore. I was furious. I started hacking at 12. Gave up on the bullshit until now with Ubuntu. I really think Ubuntu will recapture all of this spirit. Ubuntu is still a baby and people are quickly learning like it was then, It is so great. I feel free again.
I ran The 128 P.C. in San Antonio, Texas back in 1988 and 1989. Ran a BBS before that too, but that was my main system. Had an ICT 40 meg and ran C-Net. Was a LOT of fun!!!
I think every old-time 8-bit-geek can totally relate to all this; doesn't matter if it's a Commodore, Apple, Sinclair,....just the whole vibe of limitless and immediate creativity from the very second you turn the thing on.
This would've been a better video without that fookin annoying cleaning woman in the background permanently vacuuming....SHUT UP! lol. C64 rules, SID rules :-D
Needless to say, I was a wiz on this SX-64, and really felt special to have one that was intinitely superior to a regular C64. I had approx 99% of games (5 or 6 boxes of disks). Side note: you could cut out a block on the disks (top side), enabling you to flip it over, doubling its size.
The c64 was a great machine. As a predecessor to the vic 20 this machine was awesome. Just like Syd though, Im a Vic 20 fan. ;-)
summer20105707 1 year ago
the BBS was the beginning of the internet..u could go there and chat and download stuff read articles..the C-64 was the machine many people cut their teeth on
xadam2dudex 1 year ago
Warez was where it was at with C64...the Scene was Huge!
szubaark 1 year ago
I was just a kid and missed it. But got on one at a friends house and experienced it. I had a Laser 128 cause I thought it would be better, man was I wrong. But I can never forget the day the programs became coded and you could not see it anymore. I was furious. I started hacking at 12. Gave up on the bullshit until now with Ubuntu. I really think Ubuntu will recapture all of this spirit. Ubuntu is still a baby and people are quickly learning like it was then, It is so great. I feel free again.
analyzingfunny 1 year ago
I ran The 128 P.C. in San Antonio, Texas back in 1988 and 1989. Ran a BBS before that too, but that was my main system. Had an ICT 40 meg and ran C-Net. Was a LOT of fun!!!
tomperanteau 2 years ago
I ran a BBS on mine after 11:00pm for a couple of hours. I had so much fun configuring the BBS
softdev1 2 years ago
I think every old-time 8-bit-geek can totally relate to all this; doesn't matter if it's a Commodore, Apple, Sinclair,....just the whole vibe of limitless and immediate creativity from the very second you turn the thing on.
asgerms 2 years ago
The other permanent storage was ROM, where the OS was.
SaganAppreciationSoc 3 years ago
This would've been a better video without that fookin annoying cleaning woman in the background permanently vacuuming....SHUT UP! lol. C64 rules, SID rules :-D
Ironlord2015 3 years ago
Needless to say, I was a wiz on this SX-64, and really felt special to have one that was intinitely superior to a regular C64. I had approx 99% of games (5 or 6 boxes of disks). Side note: you could cut out a block on the disks (top side), enabling you to flip it over, doubling its size.
conradhw 3 years ago