Hacker News with Generative AI: Commodore

The Commodore Penny Farthing Adventures (amigalove.com)
As seems to be my way, I’ve just gone down one of the longest-running multi-year rabbit holes I can remember and I somehow made it back to the surface.

Retro Gaming, Commodore, Personal Computers, Gaming History

44 points by erickhill 12 days ago | 6 comments

A story about restoring and upgrading a Commodore Amiga 1000 (celso.io)
This is a story about restoring and upgrading a Commodore Amiga 1000, the first model of the Amiga series.

Retro Computing, Hardware, Commodore, Amiga, Restoration

148 points by doener 23 days ago | 40 comments

Word Processors on the Commodore VIC-20 (2021) (techtinkering.com)
Word processing is possible on the VIC-20 and can be surprisingly comfortable despite the small screen text area.

Retro Computing, Word Processing, Commodore, VIC-20

24 points by mu0n 45 days ago | 15 comments

Commodore Computers New Website (commodore.inc)
The great Commodore is reborn with a group of Italian entrepreneurs, with the aim of bringing the historic brand to the fore once again.

Commodore, Retro Computing, Business, Italy

5 points by oldnetguy 88 days ago | 2 comments

The unreleased Commodore HHC-4's identity (blogspot.com)
Once upon a time (and that time was Winter CES 1983), Commodore announced what was to be their one and only handheld computer, the Commodore HHC-4. It was never released and never seen again, at least not in that form. But it turns out that not only did the HHC-4 actually exist, it also wasn't manufactured by Commodore — it was a Toshiba.

Retro Computing, History, Technology, Hardware, Commodore

46 points by zdw 117 days ago | 5 comments

What was the intention with the Commodore 128? (stackexchange.com)
The Commodore 128 was intended to be a fully-compatible, more professional, upgrade to the popular Commodore 64.

Retro Computing, Commodore, History, Technology, Personal Computers

6 points by amichail 156 days ago | 0 comments

Tempted by the Dark Side, I now have a Commodore 128 (goto10retro.com)
Yes, Goto 10 is ostensibly an Atari newsletter, but I have a lot of latitude with that1. As long as I can relate something to Atari in some way, it’s a candidate for an article.

Retro Computing, Commodore, Atari

66 points by rbanffy 165 days ago | 22 comments

Ask HN: Did the "killer poke" reduce Commodore PET sales? (ycombinator.com)

Retrocomputing, Commodore, History, Consumer Electronics, Sales

15 points by amichail 177 days ago | 18 comments

Ask HN: Why did Commodore have a better BASIC line editor than Apple? (ycombinator.com)