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Title: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: esteban on September 30, 2016, 09:25:45 AM
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-old-ass-commodore-64-is-still-being-used-to-run-an-1787196319
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: BigusSchmuck on September 30, 2016, 10:28:48 AM
Can't beat the all mighty Amiga!
https://www.engadget.com/2015/06/14/amiga-controls-school-district-hvac/
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: blueraven on September 30, 2016, 02:13:59 PM
Yes  8)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: TheClash603 on September 30, 2016, 02:23:04 PM
Both C64 and the Polish are bad ass.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: technozombie on September 30, 2016, 08:03:31 PM
Don't broke what ain't fixed, or don't fix what ain't broked or whatever.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: blueraven on September 30, 2016, 08:11:37 PM
This is one of the greatest chit-chat threads, ever.

This thread should immediately be in the hall of fame.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: esteban on September 30, 2016, 10:27:56 PM
POLSKA 64
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: ccovell on October 01, 2016, 01:04:04 PM
Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Arjak on October 04, 2016, 05:09:45 AM
Commodore computers were badass. I have both a C64 and C128 that haven't received NEARLY enough love from me lately. Don't have an Amiga, though. They're kinda expensive.

In a way, you could argue that the C64 was in many ways one of the precursors of the "gaming PC," with its great graphics and sound for the time. Although, unlike gaming PCs today, it was reasonably priced.

Hmm...this thread makes me want to boot mine up!
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Punch on October 04, 2016, 05:20:16 AM
Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 04, 2016, 06:10:18 AM
The article says the machine was used to "balance drive shafts" which isn't a thing most normal auto shops actually do. Rather than doing all the books and the payroll I think this machine has a more specialist role, one that it can probably just do forever. Replace it with a PC and get used to buying a new one every five years.

Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.

I would have said Bob Dylan but to each his own.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Desh on October 04, 2016, 07:23:33 AM
That's pretty cool.  I bought a C64 and a bunch of software over a year ago.  I still haven't cleaned it up and tried to boot it yet.  Maybe this will give me the drive.
Title: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: esteban on October 04, 2016, 09:13:13 AM

Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.

I would have said Bob Dylan but to each his own.

I would have said Jesus, but to each his own.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Lost Monkey on October 04, 2016, 09:54:50 AM

Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.

I would have said Bob Dylan but to each his own.

I would have said Jesus, but to each his own.

I would have said Eddie Deezen, but to each his own.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: esteban on October 04, 2016, 10:09:15 AM

Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.

I would have said Bob Dylan but to each his own.

I would have said Jesus, but to each his own.

I would have said Eddie Deezen, but to each his own.

I would have said Mel Gibson, but to each his own.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 04, 2016, 12:27:26 PM
Emma Goldman was cooler than Dylan by a mile. I don't know why I said that. First thing that came to mind, I guess.
Title: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: esteban on October 04, 2016, 12:35:23 PM
Emma Goldman was cooler than Dylan by a mile. I don't know why I said that. First thing that came to mind, I guess.

You are forgiven, my child.

Love,

Yahweh


P.S. Please burn all the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon discs in your LaserDisc collection. Don't even get me started on Mel—Jesus! What a douchebag he turned out to be.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Zero_Gamer on October 04, 2016, 02:31:42 PM

Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.

I would have said Bob Dylan but to each his own.

I would have said Jesus, but to each his own.

I would have said Eddie Deezen, but to each his own.

I would have said Mel Gibson, but to each his own.
I would have said Hitler, but to each his own.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: MrBroadway on October 04, 2016, 02:54:34 PM
Jack Tramiel might have invented the greatest 8bit computer, but he was not a good man. Not as bad as Mel Gibson or Hitler, though.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: TheClash603 on October 04, 2016, 03:15:47 PM
Emma Goldman was cooler than Dylan by a mile. I don't know why I said that. First thing that came to mind, I guess.

You are forgiven, my child.

Love,

Yahweh


P.S. Please burn all the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon discs in your LaserDisc collection. Don't even get me started on Mel—Jesus! What a douchebag he turned out to be.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: esteban on October 04, 2016, 03:34:52 PM
Emma Goldman was cooler than Dylan by a mile. I don't know why I said that. First thing that came to mind, I guess.

You are forgiven, my child.

Love,

Yahweh


P.S. Please burn all the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon discs in your LaserDisc collection. Don't even get me started on Mel—Jesus! What a douchebag he turned out to be.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

K-Lash,

Find your old rosary beads (look behind the stacks of VHS porn in the foyer closet) and recite Hail Mary twenty times as penance.

Don't make me get petty and vengeful on your mortal arse!

This, I command.

Love,

Yahweh
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: TheClash603 on October 04, 2016, 05:29:23 PM
Emma Goldman was cooler than Dylan by a mile. I don't know why I said that. First thing that came to mind, I guess.

You are forgiven, my child.

Love,

Yahweh


P.S. Please burn all the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon discs in your LaserDisc collection. Don't even get me started on Mel—Jesus! What a douchebag he turned out to be.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

K-Lash,

Find your old rosary beads (look behind the stacks of VHS porn in the foyer closet) and recite Hail Mary twenty times as penance.

Don't make me get petty and vengeful on your mortal arse!

This, I command.

Love,

Yahweh

I accidentally repeated the Mel Gibson drunken phone call 20 times instead.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Gentlegamer on October 05, 2016, 08:06:34 AM
LOAD"*",8,1
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Punch on October 05, 2016, 01:52:49 PM
Here am I wondering if Xray has had any C64 neon signs for sale in the past.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Bloufo on October 05, 2016, 05:13:30 PM
LOAD"*",8,1


Amen.



(http://i.imgur.com/RRoUvqQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: ccovell on October 06, 2016, 03:02:23 AM
You can't fool us; the top has been hastily put back on the one on the left.

Or, um, it actually has no motherboard inside.   :)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: elmer on October 06, 2016, 03:52:09 AM
You can't fool us; the top has been hastily put back on the one on the left.

Or, um, it actually has no motherboard inside.   :)

There's probably a SNES Mini motherboard in there!  :wink:
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: xelement5x on October 06, 2016, 06:12:46 AM

Jack Tramiel was a Polish refugee, after all.

C64 = definitive proof that jews are actually cool.

I would have said Bob Dylan but to each his own.

I would have said Jesus, but to each his own.

I would have said Eddie Deezen, but to each his own.

I would have said Mel Gibson, but to each his own.

I would have said Mel Brooks, but to each his own.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Arjak on October 06, 2016, 06:41:51 AM
LOAD"*",8,1


Amen.



(http://i.imgur.com/RRoUvqQ.jpg)


Blessings upon thee, Gentlegamer, for typing the holy command! :D

BTW, here's my setup:

(http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq255/Arjak2/IMG_20161006_113524367.jpg)
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Bloufo on October 06, 2016, 07:41:10 AM
You can't fool us; the top has been hastily put back on the one on the left.

Or, um, it actually has no motherboard inside.   :)

Hastily put back. lol

The pic was taken sometime middle of last year. If all screws weren't put back it's most probably because I was still cleaning the sucker.
But I assure you, unless I have a ghost in the gaming room with a penchant for messing around with old C64's, all internals are present and correct.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Gentlegamer on October 06, 2016, 08:48:11 AM
I still have my C=128, no idea if it still works.

And the games were thrown out many years ago. :(
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: BigusSchmuck on October 06, 2016, 11:13:13 AM
More proof the Commodore 64 is a music machine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2DpLW374Sg
With an expansion of course...
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Punch on October 06, 2016, 06:36:31 PM
I still have my C=128, no idea if it still works.

And the games were thrown out many years ago. :(

C128 is a very powerful machine, widely used because of its exclusive commands such as "go 64",
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: Gentlegamer on October 07, 2016, 01:05:55 AM
I still have my C=128, no idea if it still works.

And the games were thrown out many years ago. :(

C128 is a very powerful machine, widely used because of its exclusive commands such as "go 64",

I just held down the C= key when booting most of the time.
Title: Re: Commodore 64 = powerhouse
Post by: technozombie on October 07, 2016, 03:54:53 AM
More proof the Commodore 64 is a music machine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2DpLW374Sg
With an expansion of course...
I watch this guy sometimes he has some interesting videos. Watching him play his theme song on a C64 keyboard is cool.