My computing career began at age 13 with a Commodore 64. I originally wanted a BBC Micro, but couldn't save enough pennies, so bought a C64 instead. In retrospect, this was a good decision: BBCs were mostly for skiers; C64 for snowboarders (even though snowboards probably weren't invented then). Anyway, I'm not sure what I did with my original C64 so have just bought a similar one on ebay because I decided I ought to own the computer that changed my life! I think I've still got some of my old programs somewhere, including a drum machine (Drumz) and a half finished side scrolling shooter game (OffWorld) (all in assembler of course).Has anyone got any spare 5.25" Double Density floppies?
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Cool - although I disagree with BBC's being for Skiers... Spectrum owners = Skiers.
I've got a mouldy old box in the shed with a load of floppies in if you want them - they have BBC stuff on, but are probably unreadable now, so you might be able to reformat them...
I knew you would disagree: that's why I said 'mostly'. However, since they were the default choice in schools, they had a bit of a square image. They were more powerful CPU-wise, but lacked the fun that came with hardware sprites and the much acclaimed SID sound chip.
Thank you for the offer of floppies. I've just won a C64 floppy drive on ebay, so may well take you up on it. How mouldy though?!?!
Did you see that someone has developed a twitter client for the C64!
Only the box containing them...
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