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SNGX1275
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Yep, I had a lot of fun with my Commodore 64, had several accessories for it too. Had a deafeningly loud printer that would print about 1/6th of a page at a time (taking about 2 minutes to do that), and then it would rest for a while, and begin again. I also had one of those cassette drives, and a disk drive.
I had a ton of games for it, I also remember wearing out joysticks pretty often.
Anyone else have a ton of games for C64? Cause a while back I asked about a game, and I could only vagely describe it, but I'd know it if I heard the title. I never figured out what game it was but it was awesome.
I've still got it, btu it doesn't work anymore. I'm not sure if the tape or disk drives work anymore, I doubt it though, they've spent many winters/summers in the attic.
I had a ton of games for it, I also remember wearing out joysticks pretty often.
Anyone else have a ton of games for C64? Cause a while back I asked about a game, and I could only vagely describe it, but I'd know it if I heard the title. I never figured out what game it was but it was awesome.
I've still got it, btu it doesn't work anymore. I'm not sure if the tape or disk drives work anymore, I doubt it though, they've spent many winters/summers in the attic.
Tedster
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ah, yes, the screen burn in--- one of those great moments in computing history.
I remember going to ATARIFest shows in Anandale, VA - they were great conventions.
The 8bit Atari was WAY ahead of it's time. I remember someobody eeking out a new video hybrid resolution that beat IBM AT graphics hands down.
It was an interlaced mode.
I remember going to ATARIFest shows in Anandale, VA - they were great conventions.
The 8bit Atari was WAY ahead of it's time. I remember someobody eeking out a new video hybrid resolution that beat IBM AT graphics hands down.
It was an interlaced mode.
RealBlackStuff
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If you are nostalgic about C64 games, have a look at http://gadgets.co.uk
Commodore 64 Direct to TV, an old-style Competition Pro 5000 joystick with 30 original retro-games built in. Hooks up straight to your TV, no C64 needed. (£30.-)
Commodore 64 Direct to TV, an old-style Competition Pro 5000 joystick with 30 original retro-games built in. Hooks up straight to your TV, no C64 needed. (£30.-)
Tedster
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I remember them.
I had a post in another thread..... I was trying to remember the name of a freeware (private not commercial) game where you flew this little ufo over the surface of a planet blasting baddiess both in the air and on the ground. You could blast holes in the ground and even crash once your shields ran out.... You flew from left to right (screen to screen) until you got to the mothership. Every level got harder with newer enemies.
I had a post in another thread..... I was trying to remember the name of a freeware (private not commercial) game where you flew this little ufo over the surface of a planet blasting baddiess both in the air and on the ground. You could blast holes in the ground and even crash once your shields ran out.... You flew from left to right (screen to screen) until you got to the mothership. Every level got harder with newer enemies.
You know, I think I know the game you're talking about! I'll be darned if I can remember the name of it though!
Something tells me it began with the letter 'A' though. Was it AirStrike, or AirRaid?
incidentally, I just found this old ATARI emulator
which seems to wok quite well if you can get used to the odd few keys which are differently mapped these days... http://www.atariware.cl/pixel/sec/eng/emulacion.htm
Something tells me it began with the letter 'A' though. Was it AirStrike, or AirRaid?
incidentally, I just found this old ATARI emulator
which seems to wok quite well if you can get used to the odd few keys which are differently mapped these days... http://www.atariware.cl/pixel/sec/eng/emulacion.htm
Tedster
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I beg to differ. Both were based on the 6502 microprocessor. The POKEY sound chip in the 8bit ataris was superior to the C64. It was 4 channel versus the C64s 3 channel.
Futhermore, the 800XL, the 1200XL, the XE series all had a parallel bus port (though never used by Atari), 2 third party manufactuers took advantage of this. IT was able to handle hard drives, parallel printers, and high speed modems. I had a 19.2K modem attached to the PBP, a 10MB hard drive, a printer, and an 80 column video card.
The C64 did not have as many alternate operating systems as the 8bit atari. I ran on Spartados X, which was like an advanced MSDOS for the 8bit atari. The Atari also had third party BASIC carts.
There was tremendous "vaporware" made for the 8bit Atari, some of it was introduced to the market in experimental form, others never made it. Atari even made an advanced version of the XL series called the 1450XLD - only a few made it to the market (they're collector's items.)
After market companies also made DD/DD 5 1/4 high speed floppy drives. And one manufactuer even was able to use 3 1/2 drives. I KNOW - I had one!
The 8bit Atari was so WAY ahead of its time. It lasted far longer in terms of experimental use on the market than the C64 ever did. Now I know at lot of C64 enthusients will point out that the C64 tended to have a more stable operating system and slightly better base graphics. This is true when you take into account the base system (atari DOS vs. C64), but when you factor all the expansion exploits, the Atari won hands down. :angel:
Futhermore, the 800XL, the 1200XL, the XE series all had a parallel bus port (though never used by Atari), 2 third party manufactuers took advantage of this. IT was able to handle hard drives, parallel printers, and high speed modems. I had a 19.2K modem attached to the PBP, a 10MB hard drive, a printer, and an 80 column video card.
The C64 did not have as many alternate operating systems as the 8bit atari. I ran on Spartados X, which was like an advanced MSDOS for the 8bit atari. The Atari also had third party BASIC carts.
There was tremendous "vaporware" made for the 8bit Atari, some of it was introduced to the market in experimental form, others never made it. Atari even made an advanced version of the XL series called the 1450XLD - only a few made it to the market (they're collector's items.)
After market companies also made DD/DD 5 1/4 high speed floppy drives. And one manufactuer even was able to use 3 1/2 drives. I KNOW - I had one!
The 8bit Atari was so WAY ahead of its time. It lasted far longer in terms of experimental use on the market than the C64 ever did. Now I know at lot of C64 enthusients will point out that the C64 tended to have a more stable operating system and slightly better base graphics. This is true when you take into account the base system (atari DOS vs. C64), but when you factor all the expansion exploits, the Atari won hands down. :angel:
Oh yes. Good old atari.
Sad to say, I never did make my 65XR work for me really. I just used it for games and later a little bit of experimentation with BASIC as far as I was able at the time.
It's biggest downside as far as I was concerned was that darned peripheral port. When my tape deck didn't seemed to start working intermittantly, it ended up being the socket on the atari that was slack.
I spent many an hour wondering why it couldn't have a connction more like the acorn electron tape deck. If I remember correctly (or rather, if I understood properly at the time), you could use any stand alone tape deck with an acorn, provided that it had the appropriate sockets. It was a long time ago though!
Sad to say, I never did make my 65XR work for me really. I just used it for games and later a little bit of experimentation with BASIC as far as I was able at the time.
It's biggest downside as far as I was concerned was that darned peripheral port. When my tape deck didn't seemed to start working intermittantly, it ended up being the socket on the atari that was slack.
I spent many an hour wondering why it couldn't have a connction more like the acorn electron tape deck. If I remember correctly (or rather, if I understood properly at the time), you could use any stand alone tape deck with an acorn, provided that it had the appropriate sockets. It was a long time ago though!
Tedster
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Never really used an Atari tape deck. I remember a third party company that came out with an adapter to add memory to games that had to be loaded by tape like Escape from the mindmaster, and some great D&D game. Those were fun and hard games.
The 8bits had some pretty good disc drives made by third parties.
The 8bits had some pretty good disc drives made by third parties.
SNGX1275
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He said Commodore Amiga, not C64.Tedster said:
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/amiga500/
And that had 4 channel sound.
billywompus
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Can't beleive nobody is talking bout the Trash 80
billywompus
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My bad apparently I misconstrued the Title of this Thread as Vintage and not just certain types of confusers
RealBlackStuff
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billywompus, did you want to contribute something relevant here?
billywompus
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I thought that my post was relevant to the title .If not then pardezimoo por favor . I edited my maybe brash links and request your thoughtful forgiveness in this respect.
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