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Commodore 64 Still Beloved After All These Years

Posted by Zonk on from the feel-the-love-from-the-cathode dept.

techsoldaten writes "CNN is running a story about the Commodore 64 and how people are still devoted to it after all these years. "Like a first love or a first car, a first computer can hold a special place in people's hearts. For millions of kids who grew up in the 1980s, that first computer was the Commodore 64. Twenty-five years later, that first brush with computer addiction is as strong as ever.'"

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  1. Nostalgia by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since when does Nostalgia equate to news and stuff that matters? If I write a piece on the PCjr (my first PC), filled with nostalgia and how wonderful a machine it was, will it get a link here? After all, it was the first PC to break 640k DOS limit.

    Or how about TI 99? (my first portable)

    Or Apple II? (first school computer)

    Or TRS-80? (first machine I programmed in Assembly on)

    Nostalgia is of limited interest, almost by definition.

    --
    Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
  2. NBC censoring pro-troop Ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NBC IS REFUSING TO RUN PRO-TROOPS ADS from Freedom's Watch, but you can see them at the link.

    They told me that if George W. Bush were reelected we'd see a sort of soft fascism in which corporate media would freeze out views that were politically uncongenial. And they were right!

    The ads are surprisingly benign and (one would think) non-controversial. They literally say "Thank You" to the troops and "Happy Holidays". Neither ad takes a pro- or anti-war stance, merely a "support the troops" position. Which is the position we are told both sides believe.

    "Freedom of speech: at some of our networks, you can't even buy it!"