25 Years of C64

barkingboy · 12 December 2007, 10:11

From TheRegister

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12...4_anniversary/

Charlie · 12 December 2007, 17:55

Nice to see J.T. still around & reminding the business what it owes to C=.

Ed Cruse · 12 December 2007, 18:18

Maybe I'm getting to old but what C64 is the article talking about. It says the C64 came out in August of 82, I bought mine in 80, and it had been around for several years before that. There was a lot of Atari games that were put on disk and all kinds of software that you could get at the user group meetings. I'm real sure about the date, I bought my house in 80 and shortly after that I bought the C64. I bought a C128 several years after that and then I bought an A1000 in 86, so I don't think I'm mistaken. I could be though.

Retro-Nerd · 12 December 2007, 18:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Cruse

Maybe I'm getting to old but what C64 is the article talking about. It says the C64 came out in August of 82, I bought mine in 80, and it had been around for several years before that. There was a lot of Atari games that were put on disk and all kinds of software that you could get at the user group meetings. I'm real sure about the date, I bought my house in 80 and shortly after that I bought the C64. I bought a C128 several years after that and then I bought an A1000 in 86, so I don't think I'm mistaken. I could be though.

Errm, the C-64 was first shown on the WCES in January 1982.

Dizzy · 12 December 2007, 18:23

those american can only count to 3(1, 2, many), so guess it could be a C16

Retro-Nerd · 12 December 2007, 18:26

They have a different calender, as it seems.

r.cade · 13 December 2007, 04:18

Sorry, you are misremembering. The C64 did come out in late 82 and didn't take off until mid-1983 when they dropped the price to $200-300.

Even the ancestor to the C64 (the VIC-20) didn't come out until 1981.

Ed Cruse · 14 December 2007, 18:28

It looks like I'm just getting old, it still seems like I bought my 64 in 80, but I do remember that I was at least 30 when I bought it and I turned 30 in 83, so it was probably in 83 or maybe 84 when I bought it. Us Americans do use the same calender, I seem to have lost several years, maybe to many parties.

barkingboy · 15 December 2007, 23:26

We had two fairly late on in the C64's life time. One in 1989 and one in 1991. Great machines, with loads of great software. I think they only stopped producing them about 9 months or so before the big C went bust.

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12 December 2007, 17:55	#2
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Nice to see J.T. still around & reminding the business what it owes to C=.

12 December 2007, 18:18	#3
Ed Cruse Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Cruces, USA Age: 71 Posts: 351	Maybe I'm getting to old but what C64 is the article talking about. It says the C64 came out in August of 82, I bought mine in 80, and it had been around for several years before that. There was a lot of Atari games that were put on disk and all kinds of software that you could get at the user group meetings. I'm real sure about the date, I bought my house in 80 and shortly after that I bought the C64. I bought a C128 several years after that and then I bought an A1000 in 86, so I don't think I'm mistaken. I could be though.

12 December 2007, 18:23	#5
Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,395	those american can only count to 3(1, 2, many), so guess it could be a C16

12 December 2007, 18:26	#6
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,453	They have a different calender, as it seems.

13 December 2007, 04:18	#7
r.cade Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA Posts: 550	Sorry, you are misremembering. The C64 did come out in late 82 and didn't take off until mid-1983 when they dropped the price to $200-300. Even the ancestor to the C64 (the VIC-20) didn't come out until 1981.

14 December 2007, 18:28	#8
Ed Cruse Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Cruces, USA Age: 71 Posts: 351	It looks like I'm just getting old, it still seems like I bought my 64 in 80, but I do remember that I was at least 30 when I bought it and I turned 30 in 83, so it was probably in 83 or maybe 84 when I bought it. Us Americans do use the same calender, I seem to have lost several years, maybe to many parties.

15 December 2007, 23:26	#9
barkingboy Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 151	We had two fairly late on in the C64's life time. One in 1989 and one in 1991. Great machines, with loads of great software. I think they only stopped producing them about 9 months or so before the big C went bust.

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