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Vintage Computer Donation

A donation of vintage computers is always a special event for those who, like me, collect, repair and document the history of computing. Each component has not only a technical and historical value, but also an emotional one. In this case, the donation is [...]

Commodore 1702, 80s CRT monitor, article cover

Commodore 1702

Prodotto dalla JVC per Commodore, il monitor CRT Commodore 1702 è l'abbinamento perfetto per retro computer come il Commodore 64, il VIC-20, il C128, il C16, il C116 e il Plus/4. Finalmente sono riuscito ad aggiungerlo alla mia collezione grazie […]

Varese Retrocomputing 2024, interview 6 Simone Nasa and William, modern accessories for Commodore, article cover

Modern accessories for Commodore

During Varese RetroComputing 2024, I had the pleasure of interviewing Simone Nasa and William, who presented a range of modern accessories for the legendary Commodore 64, Vic-20 and Amiga. These accessories, designed to improve performance and simplify [...]

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

🎄✨ Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ✨🎄

Thank you all for your continued support and for being part of this amazing community: 📈 4500 subscribers on YouTube, 5700 followers on Instagram, 4700 members in the Facebook group, 3900 on TikTok and 2500 on Threads! 🙌We are over 20,000 passionate [...]

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C64 FUN-NEST: retro innovation

In the world of retrocomputing, modern interfaces and innovations allow us to breathe new life into our beloved vintage computers. During Varese RetroComputing 2024, a reference event for fans of historical technologies, I interviewed Lorenzo Bolla, creator of the [...]

Varese Retrocomputing 2024, interview 3 Karl Voltolini, Vintanerd, Ghostbusters, article cover

Ghostbusters and 80s computers

In the world of retrogaming, Ghostbusters is one of the few video games that I enjoyed a lot as a child. The game was inspired by the famous 1984 movie. In this exclusive video interview for the ValorosoIT channel, recorded at Varese Retrocomputing 2024, [...]

Historybit, computer stories, exhibition computers and vintage calculators, article cover, exhibition in Cerro Maggiore

Historybit – Stories of Computers 2024

Nel video di oggi, vi porto con me alla mostra Historybit - Storie di Computer, organizzata da Davide e Alberto Fornasiero dello Studio FBP a Cerro Maggiore. È un'occasione imperdibile per esplorare l'evoluzione della tecnologia attraverso una straordinaria collezione di […]

Thematic path of the 70s, 80s, 90s, Commodore, CBM, article cover, ValorosoIT

Commodore and Amiga: a journey from the '70s to the '90s

Benvenuti su ValorosoIT! 🎉 Oggi vi invito a intraprendere, con me, un vero e proprio viaggio nel tempo, esplorando il percorso tematico che ho allestito, dedicato principalmente alla storia dei dispositivi elettronici Commodore. Si parte dagli anni '70, per arrivare […]

Daniele Lanzillo, introduction to 8-bit assembly programming, 65XX, ValorosoIT, MOS 6510, assembler, MOS 6502

Assembly for MOS 65XX Processors

The book Introduction to 8-bit Assembly Programming – Volume I: MCS 65XX is a fundamental guide for those who want to learn Assembly programming for MOS 65XX processors. Written by Daniele Lanzillo, also known as M.A.W. 1968 (András [...]

Francesco Sblendorio, BBS Retrocampus article cover, Bulletin Board System

BBS from the 80s and 90s... nowadays

Nel mondo della tecnologia, poche cose evocano nostalgia quanto le Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). Prima dell'avvento di Internet come lo conosciamo oggi, le BBS erano il centro del mondo online per molti appassionati di informatica. Quante emozioni collegarsi ad una […]

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 [...]

Varese Retrocomputing 2023, interview 6, article cover, Francesco Sblendorio, ValorosoIT

BBS, Minitel and Videotel in 2023?

Today we explore, with Francesco Sblendorio of RetroCampus, the timeless charm of Minitels and Videotels. Let's find out how these objects, aesthetically fascinating, were used to connect to services, book trips, and much more, anticipating some functions that we carry out today on [...]

Carlo Santagostino, Retrocampus, AI, AI, artificial intelligence in video games, cover

Artificial Intelligence in Video Games

Benvenuti in questa affascinante conferenza attraverso la storia dell'intelligenza artificiale nei videogiochi, tenuta da Carlo Santagostino. Nel corso delle decadi, l'integrazione dell'IA nei videogiochi è diventata un elemento chiave per offrire esperienze di gioco sempre più coinvolgenti e complesse. In […]

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Modern accessories and games for Commodore, with Vincenzo Bono

Bentornati sul blog di ValorosoIT, la vostra fonte di ispirazione per tutto ciò che riguarda i retrocomputer e l'elettronica vintage. In questa prima intervista di una serie, vi porto in un viaggio entusiasmante nel cuore del Varese Retrocomputing 2023, un […]

Commodore 64 web server, Contiki v3.0

Commodore 64 web server

I'm browsing a website... generated by an original Commodore 64! Unbelievable: the Commodore 64 is now a web server! Daniel Nagy has created a web server with the Commodore 64.

ChatGPT on Commodore 64, OpenAI, BBS RetroCampus, Francesco Sblendorio

ChatGPT on the Commodore 64?

Francesco Sblendorio has integrated ChatGPT, OpenAI's artificial intelligence, at the RetroCampus BBS. Here's how to use ChatGPT on the Commodore 64! To connect, you can use the Commodore 64 with a WiFi modem, or, alternatively, you can use your computer, opening [...]

Mechanical arm controlled by Commodore 64, Magu, stepper motors

Mechanical arm controlled by the C64

Oggi facciamo un balzo indietro nel tempo, per presentarvi un incredibile esperimento realizzato nel 1985-86 da Massimo Guidarelli (detto Magù). Massimo è un ex professore ora in pensione e, con i suoi studenti dell'Istituto Professionale per Elettromeccanici, ha realizzato un […]

Vintage computer shelves. Displays in the office, shelves.

Vintage computer shelves

Finally I finished assembling the vintage computer shelves I bought on Amazon! 🙂 I mounted them in the office. I'm filling them with the back computers I have in the collection, but also with devices and cards [...]

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ChatGPT disabled by the Italian SA

Edit 28/04/2023. ChatGPT reopens in Italy, after working on what is requested by the Privacy Guarantor: 01/04/2023. The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has intervened and, for Italian users, ChatGPT is blocked. It is hoped that the situation [...]

OpenAI's ChatGPT, artificial intelligence writes an article on the history of the Commodore 64

The history of the Commodore 64 written by ChatGPT

L'intelligenza artificiale ChatGPT di OpenAI è in grado di scrivere un articolo intero, descrivendo la storia del Commodore 64? Ho chiesto a ChatGPT, l'intelligenza artificiale di OpenAI, di scrivere la storia del Commodore 64. Leggiamola insieme! Le foto sono state […]

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 […]

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ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence by OpenAI

I professori stanno tremando, i lavoratori anche... l'intelligenza artificiale è arrivata ed è alla portata di tutti! Di cosa parliamo? Parliamo di ChatGPT, una chat in cui scriviamo delle domande e, dall'altro lato dello schermo, risponde l'intelligenza artificiale. Esploriamo le […]

Ghosts 'n Goblins videogame, cassette tape, Encore, Commodore 1531 C2N datassette

Ghosts 'n Goblins

Vi sblocco un ricordo: quando caricavate la cassetta del videogame Ghosts'n Goblins con il datassette Commodore 1531 C2N! 🙂

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Commodore 64 (breadbin)

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer produced by Commodore Business Machines since 1982. It is also known as C64, C = 64 and CBM64 and almost 20 million units were sold, in different versions, up to [...]

ASMR Retro Computer Vintage Keyboards Sound, IBM Commodore Atari Olivetti MSX Philips Amstrad

ASMR Computer Vintage Keyboards Sound

Do you know what ASMR videos are? They are those videos in which you record only the sound of some objects, rather than the sound of people while eating... So here is an ASMR video on the sound of all the keyboards of the back [...]

Commodore 1350 Mouse for Commodore 64 The Final Cartridge III internal cleaning

Commodore 1350 Mouse for Commodore 64

Esiste un mouse per il Commodore 64? Ecco qui il mouse Commodore 1350! Vediamo dove l'ho acquistato, lo proviamo con The Final Cartridge III+ e lo apriamo per pulirlo. Provando l’interfaccia The Final Cartridge III+, un’interfaccia che si collega alla […]

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 [...]

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TapeCart SD for Commodore 64

Here is the review of the TapeCart SD, which was given to me by Vincenzo Santoro of www.winmar.it. The SD TapeCart that was given to me is a special version! It is an interface that connects to the datassette port of the Commodore 64 [...]

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 […]

PC Basic Course, command list list compendium commands instructions functions Basic V2 Commodore 64

Commodore 64 Basic V2 Command List

Here is the complete list of the controls, functions and confidential variables of the Basic V2 of the Commodore 64, with a simple explanation and an example of use. This is a simple compendium to remember all the commands, instructions and […]