Happy 25th Commodore 64

Here's a couple of links around the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64 [1], [2].

I started out programming on the Commodore in junior high school in the early 80s. Those were the best times to be into computers and programming. The Commodore 64 was a great machine with sprite graphics, sound, and 38911 Basic Bytes free.

I had the Commodore dot matrix printer and easy script word processor that my sister used in university. At that time she was about the only one printing her essays. In word processing things like cut and paste were sensational advanced features.

I had a 150 baud modem which cost over $100. The 2400 baud Hayes modem sold for over $1000 at the time.

Commodore brilliantly made their joystick port compatible with the Atari 2600 so it was easy to get controllers from the Atari and use them for gaming. And we spent many hours playing games on the Commodore64. Some of the best were Mule, Archon, Summer Games, 7 Cities of Gold, and on field football.