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Post by feng187 on Dec 16, 2019 13:34:24 GMT
Hi all, I'm Fergus from Ireland, I'm a bit late to the party on here I guess but great to be able to join community like this. I had a C64 as a kid back in the late 80's and have a keen interest in 8-bit games. The launch of the new C64 Maxi has peaked my interest in all things Commodore again so I'm looking forward to messing around with the system and trying to learn things that were beyond me as a kid, might even try to learn some assembly this time  |
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Post by mandesk on Dec 24, 2019 17:46:28 GMT
Hi all, Manlie from Birmingham, United Kingdom. Work in IT support for a large Company with office in the UK and around the World. First computer I had a was a TRS 80 in 1981, then an Atari 400, then a Spectrum, another Atari 800XL, Atari ST 1024STFM, then many PC Compatibles (now it is my job), started out as a Tape loader, yes those real round and round tape drives, not Cassettes, then went on to become an Operator, moved into support, now SCCM admin and 3rd line support. Bought the new C64 Maxi, never had one before so all a bit new. Been looking around, found a few interesting things from you all.. Hope to be asking some questions, so please be patient if I ask something dumb.. Many thanks for reading.. Mandesk...
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Post by jmar on Jan 4, 2020 10:38:49 GMT
Hello!
My name is Jose Manuel, I´m from Spain. I started with an Spectrum but very soon I bought a Commodore 64 and Later a Commodore Amiga 500.
Now I have a The C64 Maxi.
As simple as this ... I love Commodore !!!
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Post by Rhialto on Jan 4, 2020 16:21:28 GMT
Hello all! My nickname is Rhialto, and the first computer I ever touched was a PET at school in 1980. Over the years the school had several generations of those (old ROMs, new ROMs, fat-40s, 80 columns...). Later I bought my own C64, then later a 1541 when they got more affordable, and at university an Amiga 1000, later 2000 and even 4000. I am pretty much a software person. Since I just ordered an USB-to-serial converter, this is a dangerous development! :-) I have contributed to VICE, mainly PET things. It is a shame that they use such an old version of it. I have never played games much, it simply never really interested me much. I did write some simple ones, in BASIC. One of them I converted to C so you can run it on your Unix box: gitlab.com/Rhialto/intruder/
I absolutely don't do facebook, so I really appreciate that there is a nice forum for TheC64.
I am rather a novice with these embedded ARM boards (but I do have lots of experience with running Unix; and I don't know anything about MSWindows since I don't use it).
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Post by fmtrx on Jan 11, 2020 9:23:11 GMT
Hi all my name i Faidon, and i am electrical engineer with specialty in computer science. I am working as a software engineer in my daily job. Despite the fact that first contact as a kid in the 80s was the Amstrad CPC 6128 which introduced me to the programming, i always admired the hardware capabilities of the C64 regarding the graphics acceleration the music synthesis which are imprinted in its huge library of good games. I would like to have a taste of the C64 - even now that i am quite late to the party - so i bought the THEC64. I always liked the design of the Amstrad CPC 6128, but as soon as i got my hands on the THEC64, i have to say that this machine is charming in its own way! I like its looks very much.
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Post by ljmc72 on Jan 12, 2020 4:45:03 GMT
Hi I am Lucas From Australia.
I still have my old C64 from 80's and yes it still works!
I also have the C64 Mini and now i have the C64 Maxi as well.
I am glad this forum exists
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Post by frankc64 on Jan 19, 2020 11:24:53 GMT
Hi. I am Frank from Denmark.
The thing that really sparked my interest in computers as a subject was the movie "War Games" back in 1983. The idea that you could have an actual computer in your room and master commands and connect to people was a very strong image. The future was calling! Simultaneously my mate became the computer administrator at his school, and I was then exposed to danish made RC Piccoline machines, running CP/M, and soon thereafter other friends' Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Vic-20 and I also tried out a NewBrain with the Forth programming language (anyone remembers that?).
So I got a Commodore 64, with Datasette, followed by C1541 and a matrix printer. And the rest is history, as they say. I decided to study computer science and work as an IT-Architect these days, having been through numerous computer models like Apple Mac SE, LC, 7200, 8600 and a bunch of Linux machines, and working with PDP-11, Sun Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, Linux etc. etc.
I still have my original C64, broken, but I am in the proces of fixing it. And now the past is back in the form of theC64, even with the original box that I remember. That was too strong to resist! Great machine. Looking forward to hear about all the hacks people will be discussing here.
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Post by sebuko on Feb 13, 2020 17:38:26 GMT
Peter - Germany I started with the Atari 2600 and moved over to the Commodore64 around 1984, wich was/is still today my favorite gaming and music machine. Did some Basic coding for fun and composed some music tracks (remixed Dual SID Version) Moved further to Amiga for more excessive music compositions for friends,groups and some shareware labels like ROMWARE. A little overview and free music stuff can be found here, if interested: amp.dascene.net/detail.php?detail=modules&view=6557Later on PC i did some OST´s for little games like "Startrade" or Bronkos Turrican Clone. Remixed my old C64 compositions as well: www.remix64.com/track/sebuko/glorysid64/Cheers, Peter(Sebuko) |
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Post by pod on Feb 13, 2020 18:22:50 GMT
Hey everyone, Mat, from London, now Berlin. Started tinkering with a vic 20 and then a c64, still my favourite machine, and like spannernick, a HUGE Minter fan.... Still using my c64 for musical experiments, and finally messing with some machine code Also very glad to see this world carried on existing while I wasn't aware !! |
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Post by grant on Feb 23, 2020 19:30:56 GMT
Hi all!! So l'm Grant, 41 and l was a Commodore child. Bless her my amazing wife bought me an original Commodore for Xmas - sadly the old thing is more temperamental than l am - and that is saying something!!! I think the ROM chip is failing - hope to refurbish it but beyond my skills at the moment. So l've discovered the new build - apart from the fact it is more fragile than a Nun's sense of humour - l'm impressed. Love to share game files, manuals, maps etc., hit me up for a chat!! All the best, Grant
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Post by lesspaul on Feb 28, 2020 19:47:47 GMT
Hello, my name is Paul and I have been involved in computers to some degree or another since buying a programmable TI calculator in 1976. My first contact with a full-sized computer was a friend’s TRS80 Model 1, Level 1 with 4K RAM and 4K ROM. Basic was so small that the only syntax errors were “What”, “How”, and “Sorry”. The 16K RAM expansion was $200 just for the chips. Eventually I got a C64 along with the Programmers Reference Guide and learned all I could about the machine. I eventually had a BASIC program sold to Ahoy! magazine, Music Tutor. (which I was amazed to find online just recently). Unlike many here, I wasn’t much of a gamer. I used the computer to learn to program, as a desktop machine for word processing, and to become involved online. The gaming I did was mostly INFOCOM, although I did have a soft spot for Lode Runner. Like many here, I moved on to the Amiga 500, and spurred by a lack of dollars and a desire for a hard drive, I learned a bit of electronics, a bit of assembly, and a bit of C, which ended up being the Spartan SCSI interface which ended up as a DIY article in AC’s TECH for Amiga magazine, even being the cover story! amr.abime.net/issue_1710Not long after, with no formal education, and my SCSI interface as a big part of my resume, I was hired as a software engineer at a major aerospace firm. I did eventually get a bachelors in computer science in order to cross the t’s and dot the i’s required for further advancement, but I have the C64 to thank for giving me the tools to change the trajectory of my life. |
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Post by jonnypencils on Mar 9, 2020 9:37:01 GMT
Hi all, my name is Jon, living in Gloucestershire UK. Been around the 'retro scene' for a good number of years. Been a bit of a hardware snob I have to say, only ever using original Commodore kit, as well as BBC B and Texas TI99/4A, but finally bit the bullet and got myself a full sized TheC64 - have to say I am loving it so far, and it's nice to not have that 'is today the day my 64 will die' feeling every time I turn it on Only just discovered this board so will have a good read through and will post if I have something useful to add! Cheers. |
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Post by sharklodon on Mar 17, 2020 10:17:28 GMT
Hi,
Ruben, from Spain.
Owner of two c64, Amiga 600 and one TheC64 Maxi. Currently working to clone TheC64 Maxi into an Orange Pi but I don't have experience working on "low level" Linux and Android kernel. Then, It's very difficult for me.
I have a lot of "retro" gadgets too, as a ZX Spectrum, Atari 2600, Game Boy, Xbox, PS1, PS2, PSP FAT and a TRS-80 Model 100. I love programing in BASIC.
Thanks,
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Post by hitoro on Apr 27, 2020 20:55:38 GMT
Dear TheC64 friends,
my real name is Hauke and I', living w/ my family in Hamburg, Germany... I'm proud owner of several classic computers like Amiga A500+ ACA500+ IndiV2, A1000 2MB + Indivision, A1200 ACA1233n Indi Mk2/
ATARI 800 / ATARI 130XE SIDE2/Ulti1MB, Atari 1024 ST, C128, C64, C64C + 1541U2+ and since two weeks an TheC64(Maxi). With great support of jj0 I get my Orange Pi PC (TheC64 clone) up and running..
many thanks!
If you are ask me, why I'm interesting in COMMODORE and ATARI computers? Then I tell you that the history of COMMODORE and ATARI are tight interwoven... First Atari Computers were designed
by Jay Miner, who worked later for Commodore (Amiga). And the Atari ST is the real successor of the C64, designed by former Commodore engineers, after Jack Tramiel acquired Atari.
I already have a lot of experience with repair- and refurbishing of old hardware, but I'm also very interested in modern hardware like FPGA enhancements or and hard-/software emulators.
best regards, Hauke (hitoro)
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Post by nickyta on May 22, 2020 10:17:42 GMT
Hey,
I'm Nick from France. (Sorry for my bad english!)
No Commodore in my youth, I used to have a MO5 and CPC 6128. But I really love the C64 and I try to fill this gap.
With my New Commodore 64 maxi I would like experiment some ASCII/ANSI art and maybe some chiptune. (Thx Slayradio : )
And I have no skill at all in these domains!
Cheers ^^
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Post by perilousc64 on May 27, 2020 19:16:42 GMT
I am brand new! My nane is Perry De Fontaine near Princeton, NJ. I had and loved the original Commodore 64 in the mid-80's -- primarily for games but do a little bit of programming with it. My favorite game on the platform was Red Storm Rising. So much so, is I eventually tried the PC-DOS version (not as easy or fun because of the missing keyboard overlay). Recently, my son -- an avid gamer -- convinced me to get the game again and play through an emulator. Finally, started doing this months ago, and while doing so, discovered this new thing called the C64 Mini, and the announced new C64 "Maxi"!!! Decided to wait for the Maxi, and was so inpatient, my son got me one (the UK version) from somewhere in Germany. Received it literally Tuesday and it works!!! Reconnected with Winter and Summer games...woo-hoo!!! Now, I am focused on trying to get a working version of Red Storm Rising to work on this machine... So, I apologize upfront but my immediate focus is on finding that game and playing it once again! (no luck so far, but close to getting a "working" version... |
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Post by commodorelikebefore on May 29, 2020 6:21:41 GMT
I'm called Calle, I'm from Sweden and I was introduced with a c64 when I was a child. I was almost obsessed by creating my own games in basic, just because it was possible. I loved a lot of games, I did however start using qbasic on a PC for a couple of years and then mostly using game consols. C64 were always near my heart, don't get "why play old games no one likes when there is PlayStation hig-res?", Cause for me inte not nostalgic to play c64, not about not wanting to grow up, it's just good games that people put down love and care for, today it's only about looking good, not to be fun. |
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Post by stefanor on Jun 12, 2020 4:40:14 GMT
Hello guys. I write from Italy, I'm a collector of old computers, including commodore. I must say that this c64 maxi is really well done. Compliments
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Post by max2007 on Jun 25, 2020 8:11:12 GMT
Ciao
Sono Marcello italiano ho una bellissima collezione di macchine retro e anche moderne comprese le mini dal Vic 20 fino alla ps4 che non uso mai ...
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Post by c64freak on Jun 25, 2020 12:52:19 GMT
Moin! I grew up with the C64, but had no 1541 or datasette for starters, so I had to had to program my own stuff. Eventually I got my 1541 and started playing games. I basically learned English by playing Ultima IV - so much better than my English classes  . Some month ago I found all my old computer magazines in my mothers cellar. I am posting mostly pictures of the old games on my instagram account: www.instagram.com/c64_freak/Currently I am thinking about creating a small retro style pixel adventure. Cheers! |
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Post by eddepad on Jul 18, 2020 13:59:01 GMT
Hi, I'am Eddie. Almost 50 year old and my first home computer was the C64.
First years the breadbin, but after a couple of years I sold it. Then I wanted the C128 but noticed that many software and games also worked on the old C64, so I bought my second one (the white version) with my first disk drive.
Now I own a C64 maxi and I am happy with it, brings back the memory's.
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Post by bobpard on Jul 19, 2020 9:29:36 GMT
Hi, im steve and new here, just picked up the C64 Maxi yesterday and getting to grips with it, cool machine. I also run retro gaming events in the UK and own most systems released
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Post by evermore64 on Jul 27, 2020 22:05:07 GMT
Owen - Ireland.
I bought The C64 Maxi last year, (I sent on the money and my cousin kindly got it for me as the only place I could find one anywhere else at the time), but only actually got it a month ago. I love it, it looks like the genuine article, with the convenience and speed of emulation, (the joystick problem stumped me for a while. I know I have it set up right, why can't I play Ghostbusters? Then I found out about the alteration you need to make to the file name) The love of the great machine has like starting down a rabbit hole, I could be looking into a couple of games, next it's on to manuals and magazine and reading different forums and then next thing I know it's dark out  I don't meant to ruin it for anyone, but I watched a video of a guy opening the maxi and it was mostly empty. the PCB was about the size of 4 credit cards. I thought "OH MAN", it was a full size board originally, AND the board in it is emulating 2 computers haha.
Some of my favourite games are:
The Dizzy Series Last Ninja 1 & 2 C.R.E.A.T.U.R.E.S. Monty On The Run Midnight Resistance Barbarian
Chase HQ 2
Inforcom Adventures Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Ghostbusters
If I can help I will.
That's me. I hope you're well and enjoying your C64's. Cheers
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Post by shaunbebbers on Aug 3, 2020 9:25:41 GMT
Greetings guys,
I'm Shaun B. For transparency, I work for Retro Games Ltd as a Scrum Master, and am a former writer for Micro Mart magazine.
Edit: I am a long-time C64 fan also, and am not here to speak on RGL's behalf. I'm happy to answer questions if I am able to (i.e., I won't be telling anyone here anything that is commercially sensitive etc...)
Regards,
Shaun.
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Post by mhmrules on Sept 16, 2020 4:09:27 GMT
Hey now! My I'm mhmrules, but outside, they call me Matty. I got my C64 Mini for Christmas last year, or the year before, and I've finally gotten around to updating the firmware and adding games through USB. I'm brand new to the world of the C64, and I hope I can learn and discover something new.
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Post by shaunbebbers on Sept 17, 2020 8:27:58 GMT
Hey now! My I'm mhmrules, but outside, they call me Matty. I got my C64 Mini for Christmas last year, or the year before, and I've finally gotten around to updating the firmware and adding games through USB. I'm brand new to the world of the C64, and I hope I can learn and discover something new. Welcome, and I hope that you are enjoying THEC64 Mini. And thanks for upgrading; it doesn't appear that many people take the time to do so but we hope that many more people will after THEVIC20 is launched. Regards, Shaun. |
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Post by bottaioretrotech on Oct 29, 2020 11:51:55 GMT
Hey peeps!
I'm bottaioretrotech from The Netherlands, but irl people call me Arjan.
As for my nickname, it's basically my last name (Kuiper) in italian combined with my passion for retro stuff.
My first real computer was a genuine Commodore 64 "breadbin" with a C2N Datassette, which was the start of my passion for everything computer related.
Since that day i really had fond memories of that specific computer.
Fast forward several years, thus arriving in the 21st century, the itch to get back to the very basics returned.
There was only one difference this time, i didn't just want to buy them, i even wanted to restore them.
So serial # WGA348813 became the first in my collection.
As for now i own the following fully functioning Commodore goodies:
2x Commodore 64.
2x Commodore C2N Datassette.
1x Commodore 1541.
1x Commodore 64C.
1x Commodore 1541c.
1x Commodore Amiga 1200.
Currently also in the possession of the following RGL systems:
1x TheC64 Mini.
1x TheC64.
As for the newest addition to the RGL retro fleet, in other words TheVIC20, still waiting because of a delay.
A minor setback, but that was to be expected.
Also own a bunch of non-commodore/rgl related stuff, but it would be too much to name them all.
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Post by marco1987 on Oct 30, 2020 18:58:06 GMT
Hi there,
this is Marco from Italy, 33yo. When i was a teenager, c64 was already outofdate, but i always feel nostalgic to retrogame. The only old system i had was Atari 5600. But now i received c64 mini on my birthday. So excited!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2020 21:02:05 GMT
Hi, my name is Michiel and I live in Julianadorp in the Netherlands. I am 50 years old and when I was about 15 years old I bought my first c64.
A few years ago I was looking for another c64 on the marketplace for a good old c64.
The prices were way too expensive for those few games I would play on it and for me it was more of a good old time.
A few months ago I wanted to try again to buy 1 anyway.
Until I came across The C64.
After a few days of reading things still decided to purchase such a new c64.
Wow that turned out to be a good choice.
I play with it every day and of course also with the "expansion" of the forum.
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Post by lantzelot on Nov 18, 2020 13:11:15 GMT
Hi, My name is Mikael, I live in Linkoping, Sweden.
I got a C64 for Christmas in 1893, best gift ever. The first games I played where Cup Final and the all time classic Blue Max. We had great times during the eighties swapping games between friends and collecting tapes/disk images.
Got a TheC64 when it came out at the end of 2019 and I love it, trying to introduce C64 gaming to my kids. They are not as much into it as I am though... :-)
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