My First Time with the Commodore 64
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I grew up on Commodore VIC-20 and then Commodore 64... alas.. those were the good old days, back in the time...
I got a c64 from my mother when I was 12 or 13. It was a lot of money for her back then. My best gift in my life ever. I still have it now many years later….
Moms are a different species🙏
I got my c64 from my mom too, although I asked for mine. I think we bought it at Montgomery Ward, in 1983, for $299. I still have that c64 too, plus a couple more machines over the years (3 total) & have also kept all the hardware peripherals, disks/tapes, & paper stuff (i.e. c64-related manuals, books, old printouts, packaging/boxes, etc).
03/31/24
As a Gen X 52 year old...this was the gateway to everything I enjoy today. It wasn't the first computer I used but it was the first computer i OWNED...LOved this thing...still my favourite PC of all time.
The joy of choosing games. The smell of a computer games store was wonderful
I'm a product of the C-64 generation. Best times ever.
I still have my 3 C-64's, along with peripherals, disks & related paperwork (manuals, magazines, printouts). One of my C-64's is my first ever, bought in 1983. I also have my Schnedler Turbomaster CPU, which I bought in 1990, so I was able to enjoy a C-64 that was 4 times faster than normal, nearly a decade before the CMD SuperCPU & modern C-64 emulators on PC, such as CCS & Vice. With my Turbomaster attached to the C-64, I was able to play games or non-games that profited from a faster processing clock, such as Stellar 7, Gunship, Karateka, Rescue on Fractalus, GEOS64, etc. All of these plus other software worked at 4 times faster, so a 3D vector/wireframe game that might be running at around 5-7 fps would now run closer to 30 fps, basically real-life speed. Not all programs had any speed improvements though. Again, some of us who bought these accelerators early on enjoyed them back in the days when the C-64 was starting to show its age, that being in the late 1980's & early 1990's. The accelerator made my C-64 rival that of a classic Macintosh or a 286 PC. Apart from the games & productivity programs, one of the attraction of the C-64 for me was its SID chip, as I was starting to get into synthesizers by the early 1980's. I even made a program that sort of emulated the look of the Juno 106 synth & then used that program as a finals project for computer classes in highschool, of which my highschool's main computers were TRS-80's. In fact, that highschool introduced me to Commodore as they had a lone PET 2k sitting in the back of the science classroom. If I recall, I really only knew 2 other classmates that had C-64's, one of them having the SX-64. But nice video, hope you delve more into this classic machine.
03/26/24
Loved my c64 as a 10 year old it completely changed my outlook on life
in what way did it change your outlook on life..? What changed in you?
My family's first computer was an Apple IIc. The Oregon Trail was my favorite game growing up.
My C64 was my second computer after moving on from a TI 99/4A just as I entered high school. I sold it just before leaving for college, which was a mistake, but I learned of the Amiga 1000 which I used in college for all my word processing and arcade game needs. I still have it and use it to this day and is more satisfying than some PC compatible to use.
I made some games and sold them to Ahoy! Commodore magazine and softdisk. I was 22 at the time.
Exactly 30 years ago as of today, Aprir 29th 1994 Commodore International filed for bankruptcy. C64 is the all time highest selling computer model and some estimates states that it was sold all the way to 17 million units.
64KB of memory, so little of it, but never forgotten
Loved growing up with this in our house. So many awesome memories!
No way only 17k views should be 1.7mil production quality is insane
If you still have the opportunity, be sure to thank your parents if they got you an 8-bit era computer!
To this day, I still thank my Mom almost weekly over her (and Dad) getting me a C64 as a kid.
Happiest childhood ever was spending countless hours with this amazing machine.
I never used a C64 but I know a number of school mates had them, and it was considered the pinnacle of 8-bit home computing. The sound of the keystrokes is very satisfying.
i had one. It was great. I used it for everything! Homework. Making a shopping list if I had to. Games. Everything.
My first home computer when I was 12. I spent many time with this computer. Loved the games and creating programs in BASIC.
COMMODORE 64 FOREVER 😺👍🕹️!
I still own and play the original
hardwares of the Commodore 64
(tapes / disks / cartridges) and Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️.
Big retrospective like 👍 from
Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.
😺👍
my died. i bought c64 mini i use now.
c64 is my fav computer of all time. Vic 20 was my first ever computer own
Exploring the sprite multicolor bits will allow you to achieve some impressive looking sprites. Then writing sprites in assembly language will give even further control with setting scan line blending. Nice video. Thanks for making the Commodore 64 look great!
Lots of good memories about the C64. I learnt a lot and wrote my own programs. Wasn't into games much. My best experience with this type of computer was the C128D running in 80 column fast mode. If they bought that back again with a faster processor I'm sure a lot of people would buy it.
Liked the "Maniac" segments. Very good use of music with sped up video. :)
My C64 and 1541-II still work perfectly. And both have the original warranty seals - never disassembled.
My C64 was my first working computer. Loved it so much I still have it over 35 years later! I also had a CoCo2 as well.
Commodore 64 is so legendary,
it's even hard to throw away 😹👍.
And not only that, but also Amiga 500 😹👍.
By the way, awesome TICK avatar pic 😺👍.
Does it still work
@@ArttuTheCatwhy would you throw it away😢
Yes, the Commodore 64 still works 😺👍.
So does the Amiga 500 😺👍.
Would you consider selling your Commodore 64?
My Commodore 64 was used to type all my college papers. Great machine.
I have an amiga500 but i love my c64 and still use it even now.
Check out some of the demos released at X2023 to see what people are doing TODAY with that system, it's mind-blowing, when you run the winning entries on the actual '82 hardware.
An alternative to the inverted heart symbol would be PRINT CHR$(147) which will also clear the screen.
She was a beauty!
Love it, thanks for sharing:) I've been repairing, refurbishing and collecting them for 4 years now. Brings back childhood memories.
The first time is always so magical.
Fantastic machine
My first computer was a VIC-20. I upgraded to a C-64 came out and had it for several years. Ran a BBS and met other C-64 owners. Sold it and all of the peripherals for $100 in 1987 - wish I would have kept it.
Gut that power adapter and replace it with a more modern design! The original power supply is what caused premature death for many C64s. Adrian Black, Jan Beta, Retro Hack Shack, and the 8-Bit Guy cover ways and means of accomplishing this.
I learned on Apple II computers in Elementary school and my first owned computer at home was the Commodore 64 which I received for Christmas 1983. Both computers are near and dear to my heart. Nice video by the way.
En Argentina también se produjo el C64 (PAL), fué (y es) una computadora muy querida. Pura satisfacción. Tengo varias y también un C128 que uso y cuido mucho
The C64 was the king of all computers back in its day. It's a damn shame you never had one as a child.
You should never use the original power supply, though. Those things could fry your computer when they were new. I lost my first C64 to a faulty power brick after only owning it for about a year. I build my own power supplies for the vintage machines I have now.
I remember being around 12 years old and trying to mow lawns and save up for the Commodore. I never could save enough money for it. What I use now would blow the 12 year old in me over.
We got our around 1986 (I was 5), was connected to a small old B/W tv.
First played lots of games from tape.
After about a year my father brought a diskdrive home, what an improvement!
Don't have the original we had back then, but have a few others now, still have the disks from back then and they still work fine!
A few times a year I try to take on the highscores my father set, good memories.
Battling against my brother still for highscore as well, both on our own.
Gave him a complete boxet set, C64, diskdrive, monitor and joysticks 15 years back, when they where still affordable, he and his friends where quite surprised.....
Cool. Never saw anything like that when I grew up with the C64 nearly all my friends had. All they used it for was playing and copying games to give to each other. lol And yes...everyone had A LOT of titles! This was the XBox of the time! One kid I knew had an argument with another kid over one of those drives I think and one killed the other with a hammer. All over the news they spun it off as a computer genius was murdered. But we all knew all he did was copy and play lots of games. Ah...memories...lol
I almost like the C64 FOR its quirks- Those F and arrow keys- it’s muddy colours, tricky basic, the slowww loading.
It had it where it counted which made it so popular.
Fast load carts solved the slow disk loading times
I don't understand the complaints about the C64 cursor keys in 1982. What did the competition have? The Apple II and II+ didn't even have up or down cursor keys. The Atari 800 had them on other keys so you had to use a modifier key to move the cursor any direction. The IBM PC had them on top of the numberpad so you had to constantly toggle between numlock on or off. The Coco at least had all 4, but had them split up on the left and right side of the keyboard so you needed two hands to use them! I don't see how any of these are better than the C64's layout.
There is a small bug in that demo. The random dot that is separated from the right eyebrow is because the wrong number was put in the 7th data statement. Fixing typos in magazine listings was how I learned programming in the first place. The keyboard does have a nice feel compared to an Atari 800XL, but doesn't hold up to the original Atari 800 or 1200 XL keyboards. There were a lot of oddly named and oddly placed keys on the C64 keyboard. I'm always hitting the "HOME" key when all I wanted was a backspace (Delete). What's with Run/Stop-Restore when a simple Reset key would suffice?
There were 6 different keyboard types made for the 800XL, most of them feel better than the c64 keyboard.
Some other computers had a Reset key on the keyboard that was much too easy to hit accidentally. So Commodore made the Restore key do (apparently) nothing unless the Run/Stop key was held down at the same time. Actually, Restore always generated an NMI (a type of interrupt), but immediately returned if Run/Stop wasn't depressed.
One thing to be aware of is that the original Commodore "brick" type power supplies have a failure mode where it will supply too high of a voltage to the machine and will damage now rare and hard to find chips inside. I'd recommend either a modern aftermarket power supply, or a "64 saver" which will cut power to the machine if the power supply starts to overvoltage the unit. Good luck!
I agree with you on that - I went to use my c64 (yes I still have a working one) the other day and my first test is the rails on the brick. Mine had gone bad so I ordered a modern replacement and cut the cords off the original so it cannot be used to fry a c64. This may sound brutal but these supplies are potted and almost impossible to repair. I kept the brick to c64 cord though and when I feel constructive I'll build a second C64 psu like I did for my 1541-II - it was missing a power supply so I built one.
You can connect 2 pins in joystick port1. Earth and reset. It wipes any basic but keeps machine code intact.Accessible through a sys address
Late to this video but i had a Vic 20 & Commodore 64. I played a game called Telengard in 8-10 hour marathons eith a HS buddy. Such a simple but fun early dungeon crawler.
Every time you post something it's a treat. Would love to visit your museum!
I didn’t like the basic until I leaned how to blitz it. Once I did that it kinda put it into a low level code. Not exactly as fast as machine language, but not as slow as basic and put it in between and it gave it a sys address
Surprised you didn't mention how they also kept costs down by using the Vic20 case which then went on to be used on the C16
I got my start with the VIC-20 in 1982 and then moved to the C64 somewhere around 1987. They were pretty great computers.
Wow ,you're literally 5 or 6 minutes from me, My little boy and I really want to come see the museum, and Ive got a few 8 in church fan floppies if you need them.
Bought a NTSC C64 when I come over to the states (originally UK) as I still have my C64c that my mum bought me when I was a kid (and it still works). I really need to come and visit your place (me being so close in the 'secret city') started with a C16, so Commodore will always be in my heart. (oh, I've got two 1541's) Keep up the good work and hope to see ya soon.
Great episode !!!
I remember typing in the games from the computer magazines for my Atari 800 with my brother & best friend back them. 👍
One of my fav computers in high school.
My first Love.
You should try the cassete player
The C=64 is the Legend. But my first computer was a C=VIC-20 (it has also a nice spot in my heart), when my childhood friend got a C64 i convinced mother to buy a C64 too, cant forget the afternoons playing Forbidden Forest II with friends, it was like be inside a horror/surviving movie, we put light off for better atmosphere. I have fond memories also of the Amiga times, Commodore was a big thing in Italy back in the days, there were Commodore shops (or points or centers, dont remember the exact name) in many towns, there is a song of an Italian band quite populare in Italy in the late '90-2000 that says that now in Heaven, the gods are playing with the C64.
Great video :) We all ♥C64 :)
Missed out on the C64, I had C16 as my 1st computer, I have C64C now in my collection, so I don't now how to use C64 either.
Hard to believe, but now, even the cheapest smartphone of today is many thousands of times more powerful than the Commodore 64.
I had one in my younger age but i threw it away in garbage...but i still have its cassette player...all new box packed....my uncle baught it from New York
cool keyboard!! what switches, red or brown??
:-)))))
Please please please do not use an original C64 power brick. The PSUs are notorious for failing and frying chips. There are modern replacements you can buy. Or pass-through protectors that will save the chips if it surges
Nice video!
You know where I can find the whole setup? I had the whole setup but everything wore out.
I have never had a problem with the 1541 drives. However the Power Supplies can be a bit dodgy as well as the PLA and SID chips.
Great video ...The awesome C64 ... of you ever need any info .. ive got most things commodore related 😉
Great machine. Unfortunately I became the owner of a commodore plus 4 instead. The c64 was a much more capable system and I was so envious of my friends.
Typing like a maniac. 😁
I threw when pentium came full desk top of Compaq launched 😢
A friend of mine had a C64c but I was not impressed with its capabilities. As an Atari 8bit owner I was already enjoying a capable BASIC language , colorful games with fast scrolling, multichannel sound and vibrant colors(PAL) so my first impression of the C64 with its washed out colors, slow drive and muffled sound wasn't that good. The Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum were far more different machines from the Atari and the Commodore and they ended up getting my attention .
30 years later and I finally own a couple of C64s and I can appreciate how better homebrew games look, sound and...load. Still without the element of nostalgia I can't really justify any of the bold claims made by the fans of the platform.
Y'all should get a new power supply, you do not want a voltage spike from a failing PSU to kill your board.
In what way does the music program not work as advertised?
Works for me™.
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Would have been nice if the video was 10 minutes longer.... And no prepackaged games, which you said would be in this video!
We agree! There was too much to cover in one video so that’s why we made a second one…hope you get a chance to check it out and thanks for watching!
I love the video and i have this version C64 im looking for someone to buy it
The only time I got to use a C64 was a few time when I visited my uncle when I was a kid. Wouldn't mind having one to play with now days.
To think I hold in my hand 128 GB of storage capacity on a smartphone.
I keep on making this comment in videos like this one, but I just can't help it - "had one, so sorry I didn't keep it".
You shouldn't use the original power brick,they are known to be dodgy and can damage your Commodore 64. There are several companies that make replacement PSUs. I have mine from a company in Poland.
The power supply was great keeping my feet warm. Don't use them anymore. They can destroy your 64.
AMO ESTA COMPUTADORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+++🛃🐸+++i 🐸❓❓+++REMEMBER MY FIRST COMMODORE 64 🛂+++IT WAS IN 1983+++🤩🥰🛂++++LOVED IT+++