Last night, well very early this morning I posted about being a geek and remembering my first exposure to computers and the day I received my very own which was a Commodore 64K computer.
As mentioned in that post, I still own it and after 24+ years everything still works, the computer, floppy drive and monitor.
I promised pictures of my vintage computer, so I took the pictures below about an hour ago after I got everything hooked up and dusted off.
As you can see in the pictures I still have the original box and manuals it came with. It brought back a lot of great childhood memories having it up and running.
In the second picture you can see that I have Ms. Pac-Man loaded up. Talk about old school. The graphics on the Commodore 64 were way ahead of their time for sure. I was pretty amazed that even the software would still load up.
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Long time reader, first time commenting.
That’s really cool you still have your first computer!
Your Commodore is probably worth a lot of money since it’s so old and still works. It looks like new in your pictures.
Your box is like new.
I had a friend who ran a garage on Commodores in a manner that even with Windows XP would put us to shame. Rather remarkeable.
There was a supercharged version of the C64 / C128. Perhaps you can remember the name of the system?
Sometime in 1983 Commodore released a computer codename Lorraine which later became the first Amiga but I don’t recall it being called a super charged version of a C64 or C128.
It was a JiffyDOS version of the Commodore. They were both C64 and Commodore 128 versions.
JiffyDOS was what ran on the RAMLink unit. The RAMLink was a large peripheral device add-on and was never sold pre installed in any Commodore unit that I know of.
Thanks for explaining about the Jiffy DOS.
I saw the switches on the back of Commodore 64s and one Commodore 128. I also have seen the RAM Link.
I assumed that the Jiffy DOS came pre installed as opposed to being a 3rd party add on item added later.
What role did the RAM Link play? Where is the company now? Of what use was the RAM Link unit? Would it have any use now?
not meaning to resurrect this may 2006 post, but check out this cool Flash C64 emulator:
http://codeazur.com.br/stuff/fc64_final/
Hi Nate. No problem. Feel free to comment on any older posts.
That’s a cool Flash emulator. Looks like it’s doing cartridge games. I like it.
Thanks for sharing.