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RE: TIL: The Commodore 64 is undead
I bought my first computer in 1980, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It was literally built in a garage in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
It had a Z80 at 4MHz, 64K or RAM and two 8" diskettes of 600KB.
The operating system was CP/M.
I wrote a Pascal compiler on this machine, that I sold by mail until the end of 1982.
When I returned to France in 1982, I bought a portable Commodore 64 (actually called Commodore SX-64).
With another guy that I met in a computer store (remember those?) we wrote a mini OS, similar to CP/M, and I ported my Pascal compiler on this machine.
Those early computers have disappeared over the years. I had enough junk to keep when moving every two years.
Wow, cool computer history. I guess you're leading the group by being the guy that jumped on the train at first ;-)
I remember to have learned a bit Pascal in school und we used a Pascal-Compiler on an Apple IIc.
I also remember this SX-64. I wanted one desperately, when I saw it in the mall. Never managed to get one, but my old C-64 is still with me.
Thanks for sharing your story!