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World of Commodore 2011 December 3rd In Toronto

Posted by samzenpus on from the playing-it-old-school dept.

Leif_Bloomquist writes "The Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG) is pleased to announce the World of Commodore 2011. TPUG would like to invite everyone to join us for a weekend of all things Commodore. There will be information about and displays of a variety of Commodore computers, demonstrations of new hardware and software projects using Commodore equipment, screenings of Commodore related videos, vendors selling the latest hardware and software available for Commodore computers as well as classic hardware, accessories, applications, games and much more."

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  1. Re:First Post by Jeremi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Get a real computer you cheap assholes.

    People who still use Commodores in 2011 are many things, but cheap is not one of them. Keeping an antiquated computer running and doing useful work is going to cost them much more than buying a new low-end PC from Walmart would. (and that's not even counting the airfare to Toronto)

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  2. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    World of Commodore... Held in Admiral Inn...

    Someone has a sense of humor.

  3. Re:First Post by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 4, Informative

    The launch price of the original C64 adjusted for inflation is $1141.54. It sure wasn't cheap even back then, especially because many people were still using typewriters. The new C64 PCs range in price from $595 to $895, and the price-competitive Macs smoke them as far as specs go.

    Of course, the smart ones will just take that money and build their own box, and have something capable of running the latest games.

  4. Re:First Post IN THE FUTURE TENSE OF THE THOUGHT ! by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Informative

    Let me help make your ignorant head a little more fact filled:
    The Commodore PET 2001 article which mentions its chiclet keyboard, pictured here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PET_Keyboard.svg


    The "killer poke" for the Commodore PET later models:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_poke#The_Commodore_PET

    I was born before the IBM 360 was introduced, sonny boy.

  5. **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** by olsmeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE
    READY.
    10 PRINT "Hello, I'm the Commodore 64 - What is your name ";:INPUT A$
    20 PRINT A$ "is stupid!"
    30 GOTO 20

    1. Re:**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** by Rockoon · · Score: 3, Funny

      20 PRINT A$ "is stupid!"

      ?SYNTAX ERROR

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  6. Re:Why is this here? by abigor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It qualifies as "news for nerds" in a big way. I think you're in the wrong place, sunshine.

  7. Re:Are you serious? by wierd_w · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do you equate "productive" with "grown up"?

    This fallacy, that when you reach the age of accountability you suddenly must become a dour and sour minded automoton that spends all their time woring, is a very serious problem these days.

    Really, what is so wrong with wanting to get together with a group of people that share similar interests, and just have some old fashioned, totally nonproductive fun?

    Tell me, mr. "Grownup", what exactly does watching weekend football accomplish? What product gets produced? What's that you say? Nothing? Oh, I see... ok, how about having a beer with your friend? What does that accomplish? Oh? Nothing again? By your logic, you shouldn't do those things. Instead you should be spending all your time toiling in obscurity to produce a product... but for whom?

    This is the reason why your post was modded down. Even FOSS developers are not slaves. The joy in creation for creation's sake is destroyed when people bitch, moan, and demand more free shit. Expecting "nerds" to do nothing but work so you can have neat toys you didn't work for, and telling them to grow up when they want to have some fun is perverse.

    If somebody is in need of understanding reality, and growing up, I would say it is you sir. Everyone needs to simply have fun from time to time. Especially adults.

  8. Re:First Post by beltsbear · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually the 1571 was double sided so 2x the capacity and much more reliable. The 1541 was single sided though people often notched and 'flipped' their disks to get the same capacity per disk. The 1581 did exist, I had one. They are on ebay as well.

  9. Don't forget to Canadianize your C64 by Lev13than · · Score: 3, Funny

    64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE
    READY.
    10 POKE 52380,2
    20 POKE 52381,1
    30 PRINT "HELLO, HOSER"
    RUN

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    1. Re:Don't forget to Canadianize your C64 by LocalH · · Score: 3, Informative

      The fact that I still know exactly what that does, and what colors those poke values represent, almost brings a tear to my eye, literally. I pretty much owe my entire current way to life to the C64. If there was ever a product that deserved to succeed and carry on but didn't....sigh.

      Commercially, the C64 was a huge success worldwide. According to Wikipedia (and cited), the C64 is the best-selling single computer of all time. Here's a blog post with some heavy analysis of the numbers.

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  10. Re:First Post by FPhlyer · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you really, really, really need a retro keyboard you would be better off buying a non-functional Commodore 64 from ebay for about $20 or less with $15 shipping then purchasing a Keyrah board from amigakit.com for about $35 and turning the thing into a USB keyboard. Total cost: $70.00. Plug it into an existing machine and load one of the free C64 emulators (Frodo, Vice, etc.) and enjoy.

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