December 10, 2007

Feeling the Nostalgia – Commodore64

Filed under: TMUP-Blog — George Starcher @ 6:56 pm

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.

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  • http://www.typicalmacuser.com Administrator

    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.

  • Rene

    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.

  • Rene

    Oops, line 40 should be:
    40 k$ = str$(k/abs(a))

  • http://themacattack.us Steve

    My favorite Basic app:

    10 print “Steve is cool”
    20 goto 10

    I used to go in to computer stores and run this. :-)

  • http://www.starinfosec.com George Starcher

    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.

 

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