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The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:09 am
by ChuckT
Guest Post: The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
The most popular computer ever sold to-date, the Commodore C-64, sold 27 Million units total back in the 1980’s. Little is left to show of those times, the 8-bit “retro” years when a young long-haired self-taught engineer could, through sheer chance and a fair amount of determination, sit down and design a computer from scratch using a mechanical pencil, a pile of data books, and a lot of paper.
Guess which Commodore Engineers are in the comment section?
Re: The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:44 am
by GARTHWILSON
Nice story! We have a couple here I need to find good homes for-- which reminds me, I need to post the inventory of vintage computers, books, software, accessories, power supplies, printers, monitors, etc. on my website! I don't want any of it to go to E-waste, but to be preserved and used by individuals who will value it.
Re: The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:42 pm
by ChuckT
I posted this on 6 Commodore / 8 Bit boards and there are only 7 comments. There are more comments on Hackaday.
Re: The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:26 pm
by Justin
I posted this on 6 Commodore / 8 Bit boards and there are only 7 comments. There are more comments on Hackaday.
Most of the hackaday comments are crap. If someone takes the time to share an interesting story about how a product was developed and how they invested years of their own time in it, I'm certainly not going to post replies telling them it how terrible of a product I thought it was.
Re: The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:48 am
by ElEctric_EyE
...Guess which Commodore Engineers are in the comment section?
Which ones?
Excellent read BTW. Thanks for posting!
Re: The Real Story of Hacking Together the Commodore C128
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:12 pm
by ChuckT
...Guess which Commodore Engineers are in the comment section?
Which ones?
Excellent read BTW. Thanks for posting!
Dave Haynie and others.