Hacker News with Generative AI: Commodore

Quantum Link: AOL before it was AOL (homeip.net)
I used AOL before it was AOL. And if you had a Commodore and a modem in the 1980s, you may have too. On May 24, 1985, Control Video reorganized and became Quantumlink, or Q-Link for short, on its way to reinventing itself as an online service for home computers. It opened for business November 5 of the same year.

History, Technology, Internet, Online Services, Commodore

6 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 0 comments

VIC-20 (wikipedia.org)
The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit entry level home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines.

Home Computers, 8-bit Computing, Commodore, Vintage Computing, History

12 points by keepamovin 47 days ago | 2 comments

Bill Gates's Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC (2008) (pagetable.com)
If you type “WAIT6502,1” into a Commodore PET with BASIC V2 (1979), it will show the string “MICROSOFT!” at the top left corner of the screen. Legend has it Bill Gates himself inserted this easter egg “after he had had an argument with Commodore founder Jack Tramiel”, “just in case Commodore ever tried to claim that the code wasn’t from Microsoft”.

Programming, History, Easter Eggs, Microsoft, Commodore

129 points by michalpleban 62 days ago | 32 comments

Show HN: Llama2.c on a Commodore C64 (github.com/trholding)
Have you ever wanted to inference tiny stories on a C64 while going about your daily life and then return after many years to read a story? No? Well, as luck would have it, now YOU CAN!

Retrocomputing, AI, Programming, Commodore

10 points by AMICABoard 125 days ago | 7 comments

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 138 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 149 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 172 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 214 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 243 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 282 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 292 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 303 days ago | 18 comments

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