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 [...]
Can OpenAI's ChatGPT AI write a program in BASIC for the Commodore 64? Try! In this short video, I recorded the first attempts. I requested two programs in BASIC for the Commodore 64: a cycle [...]
The Commodore SX-64 is back! The one that, as I showed you in this article, had arrived damaged, destroyed during transport. The story of my Commodore SX-64 When I received the damaged Commodore SX-64, I must admit, I had stayed there a lot [...]
I found on eBay the listing of this computer: it is a Philips VG 8010 MSX, which I missed in the collection. It was priced, all in all, quite interesting, because other offers that I had found on the same computer, in fact, were more expensive. [...]
I present to you my “new” 100% NOT tested Commodore 128D, which I purchased on eBay. Shall we try it? In your opinion, will it work? Purchase of the Commodore 128D 100% NOT tested I happen, from time to time, to buy some vintage computers for […]
Today I want to talk to you about the Divina art installation! Dante avatar. Divine! is an artistic installation designed and created by the University of Pisa – D.I.C.I. – Laboratorio Astro, under the artistic direction of Foll.ia Lab. It is a cycle of events on the occasion of the celebrations […]
Welcome to the eighth installment of the basic language course! In today's video, we learn how to write a program, simple, starting from an idea. How to write a program: the flowchart Suppose you want to write a program, very simple, to generate [...]
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. [...]
Today I begin to tell you the never-ending story of the repair of the Amiga 500 that I bought last year and that I hoped to be able to use quickly! Purchase of the Amiga 500 I found an interesting advertisement on Facebook Marketplace. According to the seller, the computer was [...]
I recently purchased an Atari 800XL, complete with Atari 1050 floppy disk drive. Here is the unboxing and first boot... with short circuit! Before turning on a computer that has not been used for years, remember to follow the steps in this video article. Advice […]
In today's video, we see how to connect two color monitors to the Commodore 128, using the RGBI output, in addition to the video output. The Commodore 128 is in fact equipped with a second graphics chip, the VDC, whose signals come out on the rear door [...]
Welcome to the sixth installment of the Basic Programming course. Today we see how to write and read a file in Basic, with the instructions Open, Close, Print # and Input #. Learn to program in Basic, on which computers? The program of [...]
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 [...]
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 […]
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, […]
In this video, I saved and reloaded a Basic program on open reels, via a reel recorder connected to the Commodore 64. The hardware part The reel recorder of the experiment is an Aristona EW5504, equivalent to the Philips N4504. I have it [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever thought about building a starter unit for your car with the Commodore 64? In this experiment, I built a ECU for the Fiat X1 / 9 with the Commodore 64! The Fiat Bertone X1 / 9 of the experiment is an example of the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Do you know what is the mistake that everyone, absolutely everyone, makes when decorating the Christmas tree? They don't connect it to the Commodore 64! To fill this gap, I carried out this experiment: a Christmas tree controlled by the Commodore 64! Hardware to connect [...]
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 [...]
Today I want to offer you a coffee ... made by the Commodore 64! Here, in fact, is the coffee machine controlled by the Commodore 64! 35 years after Andrea De Prisco's Commocoffee 64 project, here is another version of the project. There are, […]