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Traces of history
When I’m at a garage sale or thrift store, next to looking for remnants of the 8-bit era, I tend to browse through the many books that are for sale there for a few cents. It’s not just for the books, but it’s also for the little references that people have left in the books [...]
Chuck Peddle \ pet \ video
Happy 35th birthday, Commodore PET!
It’s sometimes hard to imagine that computers, tablets, smartphones etc. saw the first day of light only 35 years ago this week when the industry was “launched” at the West Coast Computer Faire (WCCF). The WCCF, was the idea of Jim Warren, a computer hobbyist who had been toying with the idea to setup a [...]
8032-sk \ 8250 lp \ commodore \ pet \ porsche
I’ve got a Porsche… design
This week, my Commodore collection became a bit bigger! I was lucky enough to find someone willing to part with his Commodore 8032-SK along with an 8250 LP dual disk drive. The machine is in superb condition and fully working, which is a bit of a rarity considering it’s more than 30 years old. Now, [...]
