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Subject: Re: [CM] What was your first home computer?
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:00:21 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
> Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>:
>
>> Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> writes:
>>
>>> Ok, all this hardware. What did you do with it?
>>
>> I had a Commodore VIC-20 and then 64. Mostly I played games. I did do
>> a little programming (on the Commodore 64), using the awful included
>> basic and also assembler but I don't remember doing any specific
>> project. Just tinkering, trying out various little things.
>
> I don't know how awful the C64's basic was [...]

It didn't had dedicated commands for video (like "draw" or "plot") or
sound. You had to POKE into registers directly.
-- 
Andreas
You know you are a redneck if
you've ever shot somebody over a mall parking space.