I wrote another small adventure game for the C64 tonight. The title is called 'Castle Belmar', and it occupies around 13 blocks on disk. The game has around 20...
Hi All, ... I just downloaded the program and ran it in Vice's C64 emu program. It seems to be just plain BASIC and not very long too. Note that the download...
49 lines. 2,147 bytes (3,031 after variable initialization). I made as small of a playable text game as I could. I wrote two versions of Castle Belmar: one...
Talk about a labour of love!!!! Great to see that the c64 veterans still like coding on the old vic chips...right now i must buy a new c128 becuz mine died all...
just wanted to step in and introduce myself...i am a commie veteran, my first commodore was from 1983 with the tan /grey c64. it cost $400 but there was a $100...
Tape drives were fairly expensive as I recall, too. The cost of a 1571 disk drive in 1985 was around $229, I think ($299 for the computer, $229 for the disk ...
Got a VIC-20 with tape drive in 1983 -- I recall that the tape drive was about $75 then. Got my Commodore 64 and 1541 in spring 1984. By that time, the...
I would like to see a project started on a 2k adventure game for the Commodore MAX. I've been trying to write a text adventure to fit in 2k of RAM for some...
... was ... Well, the 1541 of "1984 and beyond" was much better than the early units for the VIC 20. i think the early units had "VIC 1540" on the front of...
... I remember in early '87 I had bought a brand new C128 and 1571 from an Army PX. It was competitively priced at $780 for the set. That was a little over a...
Castle Belmar for the Commodore MAX (Ultimax/VC-10) Thanks to the help of Peter Williams, I was able to squeeze a small text adventure into the limited memory ...
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I know that most of you have already seen my site, but now I would like to expand it-
I'm looking for information on any of the vintage...
CommVEx is this weekend (July 30,31) in Las Vegas. I just wanted to know if anyone on this board is planning on attending and would like to post a couple of...
Supposedly, when they get network access working at the expo, you will be able to chat with folks via irc. Use server irc.eskimo.com and connect to #c64friends...
Greetings everyone, I'm not sure this is the right forum to ask but perhaps someone can direct me elsewhere if it isn't - I have a C-128, 1902A Color Monitor,...
We allow Commodore items for sale here. The exposure isn't as great as other venues. Hopefully someone will take you up on your offer. Just curious, was the...
Thanks for the reply - yes, the PK-64 was a dedicated controller for the C64's. It plugged into the 128 accessory slot I believe, and autoloaded the program ...
If you are from Greater Chicago, perhaps you should check this out: http://www.swrapexpo.org/ Maybe someone attending the Commodore expo would be willing to...
Thanks for the tip! I'm looking into the expo and hoping to make a connection with them. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!?...
My husband died in May and he left several disk drives, printers, monitors (I think), and disks. He loved his computers so much that I can't bear the thought...
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I'm sorry to hear about your husband...
I have a commodore myself, so I know how he was... My suggestion would be that you donate them to a museum....
thank you so much for your note. I will contact your friend. I don't think I have anything "rare," my husband was not really a "collector" in the sense of...
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Thanks, I was glad I could help.. I am exactly like him, I can't stand to see perfectly good electronics thrown out because they won't run the newest...
First, let me offer my condolences for your loss. I can't let go of my collections either. I don't like seeing them get trashed. Looking at what I keep safely...
Thank you so much for your note. I live in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. I guess maybe you live in Gettysburg or Harrisburg? Anyway, if you are interested in...
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You call it a commodore laptop? Is that by any chance the SX-64? Those are rare, and I have been looking for one for my collection for quite a...
yes, it is an SX-64. I did some web searching and saw that it goes for $50-$150. I saw one on ebay going for $80. But I don't want to go through the hassle...