Merry Christmas Greetings, Christmas Tree in Basic V2, Commodore 64

🎄✨ Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ✨🎄

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Merry Christmas Greetings, Christmas Tree in Basic V2, Commodore 64

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy Holidays in 8-bit style! Even during the holidays, we keep thinking about our beloved retro computers! 🙂 For those interested in the BASIC V2 program listing of the Commodore 64, here it is: 10 PRINT CHR$(147); CHR$(150) 20 [...]

OpenAI ChatGPT, artificial intelligence to write programs in Basic of the Commodore 64, C64, cover

BASIC program written by artificial intelligence

L'intelligenza artificiale ChatGPT di OpenAI è in grado di scrivere un programma in BASIC per il Commodore 64? Proviamo! In questo video breve, ho registrato i primi tentativi. Ho richiesto due programmi in BASIC per il Commodore 64: un ciclo […]

Commodore SX-64, SX64, reloaded return unboxing and test, cover, retro computer repaired

The return of the Commodore SX-64

E' tornato il Commodore SX-64! Quello che, come vi avevo mostrato in questo articolo, era arrivato danneggiato, distrutto durante il trasporto. La storia del mio Commodore SX-64 Quando avevo ricevuto il Commodore SX-64 danneggiato, devo ammetterlo, ci ero rimasto parecchio […]

Philips VG 8010, retro computer vintage

Philips VG 8010 MSX, unboxing and test

Ho trovato su eBay l'inserzione di questo computer: è un Philips VG 8010 MSX, che mi mancava in collezione. Aveva un prezzo, tutto sommato, abbastanza interessante, perché altre offerte che avevo trovato sullo stesso computer, in realtà, erano più costose. […]

Power on and Test Commodore 128D, German keyboard

Commodore 128D 100% NOT tested, does it work?

Vi presento il mio "nuovo" Commodore 128D 100% NON testato, che ho acquistato su eBay. Lo proviamo? Secondo voi, funzionerà? Acquisto del Commodore 128D 100% NON testato Mi capita, di tanto in tanto, di acquistare qualche computer vintage per la […]

Divina!, Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy, Dante's Avatar, Retro Printer Commodore 64 teletypewriter

Divina! Dante's Avatar

Today I want to talk to you about the divine artistic installation! Dante's avatar. Divine! It is an artistic installation designed and created by the University of Pisa - D.I.C.I. - Astro Laboratory, under the artistic direction of Foll.ia Lab. It is a cycle of events on the occasion of the celebrations [...]

How to write a program in Basic V2 Commodore 64 Atari Altirra QB64, episode 8

How to write a program: Basic course #8

Benvenuti all'ottava puntata del corso sul linguaggio Basic! Nel video di oggi, impariamo come scrivere un programma, semplice, a partire da un'idea. Come scrivere un programma: il diagramma di flusso Supponiamo di voler scrivere un programma, molto semplice, per generare […]

The Final Cartridge III Plus Commodore 64 expansion card

The Final Cartridge III+, replica assembling tutorial

In this video article we talk about how to build a replica of The Final Cartridge III+. Let's see how to get the printed circuit board of the interface on PCBWay, how to solder all the electronic components and how to program the EPROM through the cheap programmer TL866II Plus. [...]

Commodore Amiga 500 A500 purchase and repair of accessories

Purchase and Repair of the Amiga 500: the never-ending story! #1

Oggi inizio a raccontarvi la storia infinita della riparazione dell'Amiga 500 che ho acquistato l’anno scorso e che speravo di poter utilizzare velocemente! Acquisto dell'Amiga 500 Su Facebook Marketplace ho trovato un’inserzione interessante. A detta del venditore, il computer era […]

Vintage Atari 800XL computer, unboxing test and repair

Atari 800XL and Atari 1050 with shorted power supply!

Ho recentemente acquistato un Atari 800XL, completo di floppy disk drive Atari 1050. Ecco l'unboxing ed il primo avvio... con corto circuito! Prima di accendere un computer fermo da anni, ricordatevi di seguire i passaggi indivati in questo video-articolo. Consigli […]

Course to learn how to program in Basic Commodore 5, QB64 GWBASIC DOSBOX INT RND TIMER function, 16 64 128 C64 C16 Vic20 Vic-20 C128 Plus4

Course for Programming in Basic #5, Int Rnd Timer, Times Tables

Welcome to the fifth installment of the Basic Programming course. Today we see the RND function, which generates pseudo-random numbers, the INT function, which returns the integer part of a number and also the TIMER system variable. We implement the [...]

Basic language programming tutorial course Commodore, Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore PET, Commodore Plus4, Commodore Vic20, C16 C128 C64, IBM DOS MicroSoft GWBASIC, episode # 1

Basic language programming course, #1

Today special topic! The Basic language programming course begins! Today's video is about creating a very simple program (the video is in Italian, but you can activate English subtitles). Let's see how to type the program, how to view the […]

Video course on Commodore QB64 4 Basic language, DIM array vectors max min average value min max sequence of numbers

Videocourse on Basic Language, DIM arrays, #4

Welcome to the fourth installment of the video course on Basic language. Today we introduce vectors, also called arrays, which are data structures. We also see the concept of average, minimum and maximum value of a sequence of numbers. Not at least, […]

Open reel reel recorder connected to Commodore 64 MP32C64 C64, Philips N4504 Aristona EW5504, data cassette holder

Reel recorder connected to the Commodore 64

In questo video, ho salvato e ricaricato un programma in Basic su bobine aperte, tramite un registratore a bobine collegato al Commodore 64. La parte hardware Il registratore a bobine dell'esperimento è un Aristona EW5504, equivalente al Philips N4504. L'ho […]

Programming tutorial in Basic QB64 Commodore fitness program

Basic, QB64 and Commodore # 3 programming tutorial

Welcome to the third round of the Basic programming tutorial. The Basic program we make today is a fitness training timer. To be notified when the fourth episode comes out, you can subscribe to the YouTube channel (and activate the bell [...]

ECU for Fiat X1 / 9 with Commodore 64, user port ignition starter, Bertone X19

ECU for Fiat X1/9 with Commodore 64

Avete mai pensato costruire una centralina di avviamento per la vostra vettura con il Commodore 64? In questo esperimento, ho costruito una Centralina per la Fiat X1/9 con il Commodore 64! La Fiat Bertone X1/9 dell'esperimento è un esemplare del […]

Basic language programming course Commodore 2, C16 C128 C64 PET Vic20 GWBASIC IF THEN LOAD SAVE LIST NEW

Programming in Basic, tutorial # 2

Welcome to the second installment of the tutorial on how to program in Basic, the language of the Commodore. If you missed the first episode, you can find it here. Today we write a nice program, which can be useful, after the holidays, to decide whether [...]

Basic language programming tutorial course Commodore, Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore PET, Commodore Plus4, Commodore Vic20, C16 C128 C64, IBM DOS MicroSoft GWBASIC, episode # 1

Basic Programming Course, # 1

Today special topic! Begin the programming course in Basic, the Commodore language. Today's episode is about creating a very simple program. Let's see how to type it, how to view its list, how to modify it, then start it and even stop it. [...]

Christmas tree controlled commanded connected Commodore 64, Amedeo and Leo, Christmas lights connected to the Commodore 64

Here is a Christmas tree controlled by the Commodore 64!

Sapete qual è l'errore che tutti, ma proprio tutti, commettono quando addobbano l'Albero di Natale? Non lo collegano al Commodore 64! Per colmare questa lacuna, ho realizzato questo esperimento: un Albero di Natale controllato dal Commodore 64! Hardware per collegare […]

Commodore 64 radio controlled RC car, user port, Dodge RAM

Commodore 64 remote controlled car

In this experiment, I connected a remote controlled toy car to the Commodore 64 user port. It is a nice experiment, which you can do with your children or grandchildren. Hardware connections To connect the remote controlled car to the user port of the [...]

Coffee machine controlled by Commodore 64, Saeco, espresso, user port, optocoupler relay

Coffee machine controlled by the Commodore 64

Oggi vi voglio offrire un caffè… fatto dal Commodore 64! Ecco, infatti, la macchina da caffè comandata dal Commodore 64! A distanza di 35 anni dal progetto Commocoffee 64 di Andrea De Prisco, ecco un'altra versione del progetto. Ci sono, […]