My first computer was a C64 back in the 80’s. Shaped who I am today, in a big way. I was reading books on how to program that thing when I was 8 years old. Watching my kids play games on their iPads today, I can’t help but think how lucky I was, to experience the C64.

I have many wonderful memories using my C64 in the 80's. I had just about every accessory you could get for it. My hobby then and now is astronomy. I would write my own software for recording my observations and photography sessions and store them to a floppy. I still have all those today even the nightly observations of Halley's comet in 85/86. Loved that little computer.

My first computer was a C-64. A friend of mine had a vic-20, and I was completely enamored. I literally had a paper route to earn money to buy one. I also bought a 1541, and then (if memory serves) a 1571 floppy. I also had a modem... 300 baud. I was fascinated with programming, and between the various books I found in book stores, I had memorized all 64k of memory, and had made a few rudimentary games. It was, and still is, my favorite computer of all time. I learned so much playing with that thing. My most vivid memory of any game I played on it was a text based game for Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and visiting BBSs to get tips on how to beat it. Good times.

I was a certified Commodore repair tech back in the 80's. At Commodore training in Pa. I spoke with the lead tech about their competition, and he explained that his company was focused on their current marketing through department stores. That's how they sold millions. It was the best product for that price range. I spent many years repairing them. The floppy drives always needed realignment though. Thanks for the memories. Cheers!

Thanks for the trip back memory lane. I was a grown adult BBSing regularly. After the C64, I moved to the Amiga. Eventually, I read in an Amiga magazine about this new thing called the Internet. I quickly signed up to a dialup service and the world opened up to me. As soon as ISPs offered always online services, I signed up right away. To make a long story short, I was BBSing from the 80's until 95 when I reached out to the world thanks to the Internet. It has been a great adventure for this 64-year-old man.

Around 1989 or so my Buddy had a Commodore 64 and when he showed me you could send a "letter" by hooking the thing up to the phone line, it blew my mind. I was only 9 years old and it was my first experience using a computer beyond games or "educational programs". At the time we couldn't even imagine we'd be watching people make their own "TV Shows" on a computer monitor.

Educational level of your videos is truly astonishing. Absolutely loving almost each and every video you made!

As a new C64 owner, I'm 100% interested in more videos on Commodore's legacy in the computing world. This video was absolutely fascinating.

I got my first computer in 2006 (it was an old Pentium even by those standards) but learning about the older technology is so fascintaing. I feel nostalgic about the times I never experienced...

I love these episodes. Retro computing is interesting.

I appreciate you go into a bit of detail on everything. Lots of vintage tubers assume its the hardcore crowd viewing and skip a lot of info that's helpful to those of us that don't know PCjr from PCloadletter.

I love your commentary, sidebar notes, etc. It really shows that you know this content in-depth. I too remember the BBS days growing up with my C64, and your description really brought back memories. Great video!

You've done an outstanding job explaining the unexplainable. And it's great to see you're doing really cool stuff with your setup. Best wishes from a former c64 scener (I ran one of the most acclaimed C*Base BBSes on a c128d with 100MB SCSI HD, 6MB Ramlink, Swiftlink, 56k modem in the mid 90s). I hear that my gear is still used today by someone to run a telnet-enabled scene BBS.

I got a Technology Connections vibe. Great presentation. It's amazing what people still do with these retro computers.

As someone who has been watching classic computer KZfaq videos for years now (and wanting to get into the hobby) I really appreciate the amount of effort you put into teaching us about it instead of going straight into the jargon of the projects. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel and I hope your channel continues to grow because your videos are incredibly informative. Thank you!!

Instant sub! I wish I'd known about your channel when I was still learning the basics. Such a breath of fresh air to see genuinely interesting (even for experienced users) topics approached in this beginner-friendly way. Props for the good subtitles too!

❤ Veronica thank you so much. I was co-sysop myself of “The Quarter Mile BBS” and I ran it remote. My friend Fred was hosting the computer in his house. It was the first BBS in the Glades. And we offered Fidonet networking. You explained it all so well! My first PC was a C-64 in 1982. We used an ad logo “The Quarter Mile bbs, the other alternaltive” This is the best explanation of a C-64 on youtube channel. Thank you again! Yes we restricted users for 15 minutes. Then if they upload files, we will offer them credit minutes. Our BBS used Searchlight BBS platform by Frank Larosa You brought emotions of nostalgia to my heart. Those were the golden days. With fidonet we even connected soldiers on the war of Irak in 1991. The BBS was disconnected in 1993. Sadly the Internet took over. I also still own a C-64 original, Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 Greetings from Wellington, Florida

I was an early Mac 128 user and have used nearly EVERY model over the years.... but one time I had the first Amiga .... it was pretty amazing....... ahead of it's time

I'm 45, so I grew up when the old computer technology was popular. I had never used the Commodore 64, but I remember seeing it. It wasn't until the early to mid-90s when I began using computers for a computer class in middle school and typing class in high school. It's amazing how many electronic devices use the the Internet in this century. I remember using the old disks and smaller diskettes for saving writing files. When you mentioned using the old modems before using the Internet, that reminded me of a scene in the great action film F/X 2, where a pre-teen boy, using a mall electronic store's computer, communicates with the two heroes in the movie and tries to send them a secret file, but then a hired hitman prevents it. I won't give away too much of the movie, but the heroes rescue the boy and capture the killer since one of the two heroes in the movie is a movie special effects specialist. That scene was so much fun to watch! Anyway, thank you so much for showing us how to use the old Commodore to get online. It so interesting and informative. I know enough about computers to do many basic tasks, however, much of the programing language you used I'm just not that familiar with. Anyway, thanks again.

What a wonderful video review! The C-64 (with tape drive) was my first computer as a kid, because my parents wanted something educational, I never had an Atari or any gaming console growing up. Consequently, I went into an IT career and just stuck to PC gaming. This brings back fond memories just as I turned 50. Thanks!

This was really great! I've noodled a tiny bit on Commodore emulators, but never the real deal. I'm really glad you went through what each section of each command does, instead of just typing them in or telling someone what to type. I also love that you go through the device's ports, switches, and peripherals. A lot of videos assume we already know this stuff, but these things are decades older than a lot of us, and they're hard to get your hands on today. Awesome video! I'm really glad I found your channel!

That brings back memories when in '83 I used my pressed my phone into the two rubber cups to dial up the University's mainframe and work from home! Perfect since computing time was much cheaper during the night and it saved me from driver to the computing center in the middle of the night during Ann Arbor winters.

Love this!! We used C64s at school and it was where I learned programming in BASIC - my first computer was an Amiga 500 - thanks for bringing the memories back Veronica!

Had a Commodore 64 and a 64/128 machine. Got many years of use out of both. Very good memories made with family because of these computers and their games.

Holy crrrap. You just hit like a million nostalgic buttons for me and I don't even have that much familiarity with the C64. You talked about modems and BBSes, and doing modern stuff with ancient tech, but then you outdid yourself and mentioned Tracker music! I'm in love lol

KZfaq served up your channel and I'm glad it did. I'm an old IT professional but I came up through the PC lineage so I lack knowledge of all the other platforms from the 80's thru the 90's. You are helping me get into that history. I think you and your channel are awesome.

Fantastic content. You are a very cool person! Glad to see people still keeping the flame of this era alive.

My Gawd !!! this video just popped up in my feeds and I'm grateful. My first foray into 'puters was getting "Pong" when it released in 1972. Once I got hooked on this new technology, My parents asked my teachers in school what we could get for home. C64 !!!! When I enrolled in computer class in school , I was able to do more stuff than my teachers so they got me to teach the class. Fast forward, I have been a computer specialist for 30+ years and I owe this to the C64 and how it opened my mind to a whole new world. Thanks V loved this video !! Keep up the good work !

I remember learning basic programming in high school on a Radio Shack model TRS-80 computer. Gosh this brings back memories. I used to go to the Radio Shack store in the mall and write programs on their display models of the TRS-80. I got chewed out a couple of times for doing it by the manager who didn't see that what I was doing was simply writing a simple interactive program to get potential customers interested in the computer by simply asking them their name and introducing the computer to them then telling them for more information talk to the sales person. Oh well, I was a teenager and just having fun. Used to play games on a friends Commodore 64 too. Love the content so pls keep it up.

Loved the nostalgic journey. I started on a C64 and PET, playing Zork1, etc. Also want to compliment you on your very natural and relaxed screen presence, great audio and lighting.

Thanks for this trip down memory lane. Your video just popped up randomly. And I enjoyed it to the end.

Thank you for this Nostalgic trip down memory lane... Loved being a little kid in back then. I appreciate the footage!! All the Best!

My first personal computer was the VIC-20, cousin of the C64. I wrote a mini-assembler for it in BASIC. And, believe it or not, there was a cartridge for the FORTH programming language (a somewhat obscure stack-oriented language that's still around). Memories!

You really hit home the appreciation of our current environment. My 1st modem was a 300 baud.. You really explain things quick and well.

This is a great breakdown of the C64! I love the cadence of your breakdowns.

Veronica please keep this high quality content coming. We appreciate it!

I remember selling the C64 which at the time literally was selling itself. It was a huge step up from from the Commodore VIC 20. 😁

Absolutely want more info on loading things into the C64! Especially the Pi 1584

The 80's were an interesting time for home computers. Younger folks wouldn't understand the struggle we had back then: I had a Commodore 64, one friend had a TRS-80, another had a Texas Instruments TI99/4A, another had a Timex Sinclair 1000, and another had an Atari 1200XL. We could NOT share programs, games, peripherals, etc. with each other due to each architecture being unique and closed. This is just MY example- by the mid-to-late 80s, there were dozens MORE unique manufacturers out there, some that weren't even compatible with other models by the same manufacturer! Being a kid in this era, I made a list of all the computer companies and tallied how many cool games, programs and components each had available. That's how I chose the Commodore 64 (the 128 wasn't available yet at that time). There were two pretty cool peripherals for the C64 that were rare even back then, and I had one of them: The Currah Speech 64 was a cartridge that plugged into cartridge port, and it had a wire comming off of it that you also had to plug into the DIN port. It had hi and low robotic voices, and you could make it speak whatever key you pressed, or you could write it into BASIC programs by using the SAY command (much like you used the PRINT command). I had a ton of fun making my computer verbally insult my sister... The other rare component was something I really, really wanted, but it was way to expensive for my lawn mowing income: The Spartan by Mimic Systems. This was a big box that plugged into the back of the C64 and used all the C64 rear connections (think of it like a huge docking port that you backed the C64 up to). What it did was convert your C64 into an Apple II clone. The reason for it's size is that you could open the lid and install Apple II cards into it (and cards back then were quite a bit larger than they are today). It's especially hard to find today, as not many were made when it was new, due to the company's owner being a bit of a nutjob and not a lot of Commodore owners really wanting or needing an Apple. Still would be cool to have!

I managed a PDP-11 at work when these became popular. I knew people were getting into DIY computing at home but I had so much access to cool stuff at work I missed all of this until DOS came out and I couldn't resist anymore 🙂

Nice video. I had them all the C64, Amiga, Atari's, VIC20, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and ZX81. I remember a silicon version of the 1541 drive.

Very interesting content. I remember being envious of my friends brand new Commodore 64 back in the early 1980s. It was amazing what that computer could do with its limited resources!

Just wow, surfing the internet has never been more fun. Thanks so much for these tips Veronica!

Just stumbled on this video. What a trip down memory lane! My wife and I bought a C64 brand new when the price dropped to $199. We couldn't afford any peripherals at first. The monitor was a b&w 10" TV we already had. Eventually we bought the datasette. For the first few years we simply used it as a terminal to login to the university mainframe. Eventually we ran a BBS on that C64 with 2 1541s and 2 1581s.

Wow! That's brought back so many memories! In the early 80's I started with a ZX81, then went to a Spectrum and then an Acorn BBC Micro. These were followed by a Commodore 64 and an Atari ST. Happy days! Spending hours typing in some code from a magazine and having it crash when you ran it!! Having to debug either the code or your errors. Thank you!

I remember my first ZX-81. 😃 I was so excited to write my first game. 😂 It may seem simple now, but at the time it felt futuristic.

I remember my dad taking off Christmas Eve day, and later that night, bringing home this keyboard and a long rectangle looking box (1541 drive). I fell in love with the C64. Trading games with others was the thing to do in the 80s and 90s. While I was in Germany, We traded games with our landlord and his buddy. This got me a lifetime pass to the public pool (swimmbod). I miss those day. We still have the C64 and C128 (complete setups) Thank you for a walk down Memory Lane.

I loved my Commodore 64. I remember it took you 20 minutes to load a game off the cassette. Later I bought the floppy disk drive and was in heaven. I later bought the unidirectional dox matrix printer . Good times. Ohh and the 600 Baud modem to log into Compuserv. 😂

My first Comp was a C-128/64. I loved my computer! I had tons of games, and got really good at programming1

I used to run a BBS from an Amstrad CPC computer around the late '80's to early 90's. I remember that I used a basic toolset of user-written functions, I think typed in lie for line from a magazine, and then hand-coded any functionality I didn't have. Only two people ever really used it, and they were my brother and a friend who had to call first so I could set up the Modem, but it was still a wonderful step into the online world.

I feel so old. The VIC was my first "bbs" computer, but the 64 and the Amiga was where I used BBS's the most. This brought a tear to my eye. Keep bringing that old world to light!

The C64 was my first computer, we found it at a garage sale. I can't remember what came with it, but I ended up with a decent collection after a few years. There were actually a ton of games for it. One of the advantages of having low end graphics and limited capabilities is the bar for entry was really low, so almost anybody could make a game that could compete on the market if it was fun enough. That and the C64 came with a programming language built-in so /anybody/ who owned one could write programs for it without having to have special software. It's how I started learning programming and how computers worked at a low level. I never did experience a BBS as it was past my time, all the phone numbers I could find were shutdown by the time I found a modem at a garage sale/thrift store I can't remember. Nowadays gamers have become so spoiled by high-end graphics that are expensive and time consuming to produce that it's very hard for independent game producers to compete, there are some notable exceptions, a few that became wildly successful but they're more the exception than the rule. It goes to show that our frame of reference for things is based on our experiences. For somebody who started out on the commodore the NES had great graphics, and then when you went up to the SNES it was mind blowing. Nowadays people who grew up on high-end 3d games would look back at SNES and look down on it as having bad graphics. I've seen some videos and a ton of work actually went into those old games to get them to work on such limited hardware, they had to be really smart and creative to squeeze a bit more performance out of what they had. I even know a lot of the better games for the commodore seemed to be written at least partly in assembly, for which I can only give the utmost respect to the programmers for, as I've tried my hand with assembly for a little while and it is utterly headache inducing. I'm not aware if they had compilers back then, or could even really comment their code as that would take up valuable storage space. Nowadays game designers, heck software designers in general seem to rarely care about efficiency or optimizing things since most people especially the gamers they're targeting as their customer base have pretty powerful hardware. It goes to show that most people when they think they have ample amounts of resources will squander them, and only care about preserving them and making the most of what you've got when the supply is limited. I wonder if that's what is happening with windows as it just gets more and more bloated with every year. The designers are probably programming it on the newest hardware available, so everything no matter how bloated or inefficient runs fine for them, but when you try to put it on older hardware it really stars to feel it. Meanwhile I'm guessing Linux devs have worked on whatever old hardware they've got, I know some linux users have crazy powerful home server setups, but I think most just want something that'll run on whatever hardware they have even if it's several years out of date. I mean you can get some really decently powerful computers refurbished nowadays. They might not technically be compatible with the latest windows but it's not due to lack of horsepower. Wow, I just noticed how many times I used the word "nowadays" and now I feel old even though I'm only in my late 30s. I was really into old computers and software for most of my life, i think mainly because that's all I could get for cheap/free. Still though there was a ton of stuff available.

I have connected to the "net" via various routes. My own homemade wifi modem (esp8266), the ultimate 2 via ethernet etc etc BUT could never get my RR net cart configured. Thanks to this video I have managed it (using contiki partially) - a big thanks for that!

Awesome video! Brings back a lot of memories of "surfing" the BBS systems back in the days!

This is stellar! Awesome work! I'm sure it took some time to edit together. Thanks from a Swede who grew up with the c64 and all the lovely games on it (yeah, I don't miss cassette speed for loading 'em).

Ahh, you're like a retro angel ❤❤❤. Grown up with an C64 and then switched to an Amiga 500. In the meanwhile I bought again one, modified to HDMI, USB support and so on. So awesome what these machines can do with modern hardware/ solutions an its more important, that angels like you are spreading this information! Go ahead with much more ideas like this 👍👍👍🙏✨️

I love the Commodore 64, It was my first computer in 1983. I had a 1541 drive, 1525 printer, and a 300 baud modem. Later got an adapter so I could plug in a 1200 baud Hayes-compatible modem I bought from Boeing Surplus. I was a regular on many BBS's in the Seattle area in the late 1080s. I later went to a Commodore 128, then an Amiga 500, Amiga 2000, and Amiga 3000. Fun times! Oh, and they still all work!

Message to your viewers...never underestimate the C64. Having grown up with one of these, they have been pushed and still are to get more out of them. Check out the demos from recent years in the 2010's, the games still getting made, ported and what not. And most recently the port of Sonic the Hedgehog master system version, albeit with a RAM expander, but that 1MHz 6510 CPU can still run it at amazing speed.

This the first video i've seen from your channel, major flashback with the C-64 and the dot matrix printer. Love your intro. I have a dot matrix packed away in the attic, i'm going to go dig it out tomorrow. I remember how long it took to enter all the data arrays to do a full page graphic.

Love your content! Brings back to good old memories of our roots into the tech world!

As always great and interesting content from you. 😊 As a kid, me and my brother got one of those C-64 as a Christmas-gift and we sure did have lots of fun playing games. But the waiting... LOADING... and hopefully there was no error when the cassette-player had finished reading from the tape. 🤣

You are totally AWESOME! You're a "virtual" encyclopedia of information. And I thought you were a teenager. I remember the Commodore 64 well.

Hi! I saw your Video and Subscribed! I bought my first computer at Dolgins', a department store: Commodore Vic-20, then a Commodore-64, then Amiga 500! I wrote a simple space invaders game in basic! I learned basic spending countless hours with Compute's Gazette Magazine: They had printouts of simple, slow videogames you could type in for the cost of the magazine! They had 4 or so programs at the back of each of the Computer Magazines! It sold as, a "Commodore Vic-20, The Friendly Computer!" I had a blast, and I am 56 years old!

This is really neat and well explained YT article. Very cool. Never thought you could do all that stuff anymore these days with the C64 (plus certain accessories).

This video was so delightful. I would love to see more retro computers videos. How to use them with more modern displays and loading software on a c64 today.

Wow! Thanks for taking me back to my teen years. I had a C64 and a C128. I ran a BBS back in the day. Retro Gaming nostalgia. I met a lot of friends that I still have till this day. Good times, good times. Great job explaining.

Coming from a person who had a VIC-20, and in college started programming in BASIC this is a blast from the past. Very nice. Thanks 73

I loved our Commodore 64, I got mine in 1984 when I was 10 years old, the games were amazing and I even programmed in Basic on it back then. Great memories! I never went online with it as this wasn’t a common thing in the 80s. Great video!

back in 1980 my company allowed me take home a modem to dial-up the companies big DEC-10 machine. My fellow group house people spent many hrs. connecting to the DEC-10 playing the classic game 'Adventure trying find the Gold goblet. We even had maps of all the different routes we had tried for the capture. Since I always had access to these Big machines I did not need these little pc's.

Great content! Just came across this -- we're from about the same generation; my first real computer was a 386 sx/25 that I used to run a BBS on back in the early 1990s. I played on my friends' C64s in the 80s but, as affordable as they were, my parents couldn't afford one -- did most of my compsci stuff at school on the Apple ][e. I now have a bunch of C64s in various states of operability.

Well, this was just delightful! I hadn't seen C64 commands in many years. I have fond memories of installing the Epyx Fastload cartridge and being able to hit "commodore RunStop" as a shortcut for LOAD "*",8,1. I felt like life would never get any better as a 9yr old kid. Then, the Amiga 500 showed up and I fully lost my mind :) Thank you so much for keeping this tech alive.

It's always exciting when I, as an Archie, come across a Veronica! Yes that's an old comic book reference and yes I am really Archie. Loved your video and love the retro enthusiasm. I grew up in the 80's and played on many a TRS80 and Commodore and TI-99. I was a SYSOP on several BBS's back in the day. Thank you for the updated trip down memory lane. Keep putting out great vids.

5:00 It would have been good to explain the BBS technology a bit more for the younger viewers. The most important part that may be missed by younger people is that the networking worked over analog phone calls and to keep connection open to the BBS both you and target computer system had to have active phone call constantly going on (and your single outgoing connection was reserved for this purpose - having "multiple tabs open" and using multiple services in parallel wouldn't have been possible and if somebody tried to call your phone, it was just emitting reserved sound signal for the caller and you never knew anything about that phone call). If BBS wanted to have multiple connections at the same time, they either needed multiple phone numbers and multiple phone lines, or some kind of more expensive setup and config with the local phone operator that allows taking multiple parallel phone calls to the same phone number. And this was all done with analog copper wired landline phones. GSM was invented over a decade later.

A fun and interesting video. Thank you :-) However, from what I remember of my BBS days, back in the 80's, it was not me begging everyone to get off the phone so I could get onto CompuServe, but rather my sister begging my parents to get me off the computer so she could get on the phone :-) Cheers from Canada.

You are one cool chick. My first computer was a C64 in 1986 that my dad bought at the BX at Robins AFB, GA. He was cheap and we used TV's as monitors. Never had money to buy much accessories, but bought a lot of clearance games and apps. You now gave me the itch to revisit this old tech.

Loved this! I have many memories of staying up until 3 AM (on school nights) uploading/downloading games to/from BBS's in the mid-80s. It was the only time I could use our house phone without interruption.

The oldest computer I've ever gotten online with was an Amiga 500. It was back in the mid-90s, so it was a bit easier, as most websites played well with dialup and lo-spec hardware back then.

This was an interesting watch! My cousin had a C64; I had an Apple II E. I thought his C64 was far cooler. I thought the Commodre Pets were extremely popular in the educational sector. I know several of my classes in elementary school had them. These however used the tape drive and not floppies. I didn't get online till I had a pC in 1994, but BBSs were going strong then at least over here. For me, things haven't really changed that much -- yeah, I have a modern system, a smartphone too, and fast interest, but as a blind person, I don't mess with any of that graphical stuff. My online experience is 100% text only and always will be. So even today, all this retro connectivity stuff still feels not all that distant.

You just took me back to 1983!!! I loved my C64!! I ran a BBS, had two phone numbers when i was 18, the first 1200 bps modem, and the first 2400 bps in my geek group.

Wow, I learned so much from this video. I have recently wanted to get back into the Commodore 64 as I also had one as a kid. My first big boy job was in 1987 at Zayre Home Office as an accounting assistant. One time they gave me a week to work on balancing a stack of reports by hand. I told them I would have it for them the next morning if they let me take it home, so that evening I used Microsoft Multiplan on my C64 and got all the work done for the next morning. This video is just packed with helpful information. I just fired up a C64 I bought on eBay the other day, and now I want to buy the peripherals you showed. Thank you so much!

I love hearing someone talk about how limiting 64K of RAM was when a few years before that I soldered sixteen 2114 chips onto a big board to get 8K more RAM. And at that time there were virtually no options for 1200 baud modems other than renting them from the phone company. I saw systems like the C64 to be a huge step forward.

I’m going in a bit of a different route. For my retro fix, I use an emulator which creates my old Apple computers (][+ and the //c). Someone actually got the code off actual Apples for this. Someone is even updating ProDOS (now as freeware). I would love to get that up onto the internet.

I used to crawl on my hands and knees along squeaky floorboards (to not wake anyone up) to disconnect the phone in my parents bedroom and plug in my dial up modem, because that was as far as I could reach with a telephone extension cord. My parents hated this. Joke was on them as it led to me holding down a 15 year career in the IT and financial services industry with skills I learnt from the BBS era. Much more valuable than those years at university

i am 57 years young and you braught me back memmeries thank.

My first computer was the Sinclair ZX80 which had 1k of memory. I got it in a kit form and built it in high school in my electronics class. My teacher was thrilled that I did this project and I learned a lot from him. My next computer was the C64. My word what an upgrade from my Sinclair! This was all back in the 80's and we were all so excited at what was happening. I really got into gaming and programming when I had my C64. Anyways I could go on but I'm glad you are keeping the retro computers alive and well.

The past was better just for one simple reason: no social networks.

This is so cool. Brings me back to when I could only dream of getting into a BBS because we were too poor for a modem. Great video!

My computing life began with the TRS-80 Model 1, sold for $599 in 1977, about $2900 in today's money. It had a whopping 4k (!!) of memory but a wonderful manual that taught us newbies how to program. The first example was a classic: The manual said to type it, watch it reply with, "Hello" and take a walk, look out a window and marvel at what we'd just done. I actually did that. I never acquired a Commodore 64, but moved up to a very different, far more powerful TRS Color Computer in 1980. This was both cheaper at $400 (today $1420) and capable, so much so that thanks to this and that I had to use one until 1992, programming my own apps, and rose to the standards of modern PCs.

Oh oh! She's back! Fangirl mode, engage!

Wonderful information. Thank you! Wishing I would have kept my Vic, 64, and Amiga 500 now. Have to agree with you on the Amiga 500. It was such a game changer (pun intended) during its time. Fond memories of Color64 and Major BBS'. Keeping the 2400 baud SupraModem flashing all night. Had to laugh seeing that PI 1541. Awesome!

Great video! It was fun taking a trip down memory lane! I have a ton of memories of my mom knocking me off line by accident to make a call LOL. That changed in 1997 when we got Comcast cable internet which was the first time I had a computer permanently online no dial-up modem needed! And no more huge fees!

So many memories this brings back from setting up our c64 with tape drive modem and mouse then getting a CompuServe account, to playing Radar Rat race to typing out and saving basic BASIC programs line by line. What fun. Not to mention BBS time! Great memories! Oh those programmable sprites!

Thank you for letting me live vicariously through your vintage exploits.

WOW! Amazing review of Commodore to internet! You really explain it well and have a great personality!!

I’m so glad I came across your channel today. I LOVE computers and cut my teeth on them in the A.O.L days but have a deep interest in older systems and how they worked. Thank you for the video

This video is fantastic, thank you @Veronica!

Loved my C64. It was my favorite machine back in the day. I learned to program on it and spent many hours playing games. 😁

man, BBS's back in the day was so fun, Tradewars was the sh**, in the 1980's Sam goody the music store in the kitsap mall had a BBS and you could order tapes and records then walk in and pick them up. it was awesome.

My first computer was a Vic20, then a C64, a 128 and an Amiga. Loved them!

What a great video! Thank you so much for all the help!