[NON BLOG] My Old Commodore
Mar. 2nd, 2005 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldWhile reading The Glory of Carniola's take on 1980s Yugoslav software, Michael M.'s quote from a commenter plunged me into nostalgia.
My first computer was a Commodore 64C. The first computer that I used was my cousin's Commodore 64 which did have a Dattasette. I never used the Dattasette, since it was too slow; cartridges and 5 1/4-inch drives were better. Even so, that quote created a shared moment of empathy.
Even though my cell phone has much more processing power than my Commodore 64C, it was still more than serviceable for an excited pre-adolescent. The thing that I miss most--apart from my maps of futuristic cities, hopefully not decaying on their large-sized diskettes in my parent's basement bit by bit-- is Paradroid, an acclaimed and rather fun
Oh, a Windows remake! Let's see if I can get it to work, eventually.
"Well, an interesting game is Kontrabant, because it's taking place in Ljubljana and you take the role of a smuggler trying to put together a computer. Back in those days all trade was gov't controlled and people used to smuggle a lot of electronics. There were no copyright laws and actually, Radio Student would "broadcast" a game once a week. For about 5 minutes all you'd hear in the radio was a lot of squeaking and if you recorded it all on a casette, you could play the game at home."
My first computer was a Commodore 64C. The first computer that I used was my cousin's Commodore 64 which did have a Dattasette. I never used the Dattasette, since it was too slow; cartridges and 5 1/4-inch drives were better. Even so, that quote created a shared moment of empathy.
Even though my cell phone has much more processing power than my Commodore 64C, it was still more than serviceable for an excited pre-adolescent. The thing that I miss most--apart from my maps of futuristic cities, hopefully not decaying on their large-sized diskettes in my parent's basement bit by bit-- is Paradroid, an acclaimed and rather fun
Oh, a Windows remake! Let's see if I can get it to work, eventually.
