Feeling the Nostalgia – Commodore64
by: George Starcher, Associate Editor
I started out with the Commodore Vic20 then moved on up to a C64. I played some with AppleII series machines but never owned one. But if you want to feel the nostalgia and you are now a mac owner. Check out the C64 Emulator for the Mac – Power64
I even managed to write a few lines of Commodore Basic. Lordy that was a long time ago. Speaking of which. Check out Woz finally meeting the founder of Commodore, Jack Tramiel over at the 25th anniversary celebration for the Commodore64. The photo and post are over here at news.com.
Very cool George, I will have to try that. Like you I had both the Vic20 and the C64. Then Amigas. I started on a Trash 80 however.
Comment by Administrator — December 10, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
I started with an Apple ][ on the university, but my first own computer was a Commodore 64. So, that is nostalgia for me as well.
10 input “fraction n,k”;n,k
20 gosub 100
30 n$ = str$(n/abs(a))
40 k$ = str$(n/abs(a))
50 print “proper fraction:” + n$ + “/” + k$
60 end
100 rem greatest common denominator
110 a = n: b = k
120 if b = 0 then return
130 t = b
140 b = a – b*int(a/b)
150 a = t
160 goto 120
Type in this program and run it.
Enter 12,9 and see “proper fraction: 4/ 3″ as the result.
Comment by Rene — December 11, 2007 @ 3:22 am
Oops, line 40 should be:
40 k$ = str$(k/abs(a))
Comment by Rene — December 11, 2007 @ 3:25 am
My favorite Basic app:
10 print “Steve is cool”
20 goto 10
I used to go in to computer stores and run this.
Comment by Steve — December 11, 2007 @ 6:31 am
Heheh Yeah I had an Amiga 1000 too.
Steve, don’t forget the semi-colon at the end of line 10. You want it to fill the screen not just print in a column.
Comment by George Starcher — December 11, 2007 @ 5:08 pm