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Commodore-64
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Commodore-64 // Work in Progress
Post by Morgan // May 6, 2007, 8:13am
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I had intended to enter this into Prodigy's "computer case" speed challenge, but I had too many distractions during the time period... and in all honesty, was probably biting off more than I could chew, as far as completing this in 3 hours. But it's a fun project, and one I want to complete, so I'm putting it here and completing it when and as I can. It's a classic Commodore-64 (my first computer). There's a lot of work I still need to do on it before texturing.
http://www.darnbeagles.com/images/3d/c64-1.jpg |
Post by b_scotty // May 6, 2007, 12:18pm
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Ah, the C-64. That was also my first computer. I remember spending hours typing in line numbered basic programs from DIGIT magazine. :)
You are off to a great start! Don't forget the enormous 1541 floppy drive :) |
Post by Forcemaster2000 // May 6, 2007, 1:02pm
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My first computer also! And going by memory (since I got rid of it about 1986) your version looks spot-on so far!
I too remember typing in those basic programs from the back of computer magazines. Didn't you just hate it when you spent hours typing in all that code and it didn't work! |
Post by ProfessorKhaos // May 6, 2007, 7:18pm
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Ah yes, the good ole days. Compute Magazine, several hours of typing just to enter the basic program that allowed you to type several more hours of numbers line by line into the computer to load that high performance game you wanted. Hate those pages where the ink smeared a bit during printing. Made a long tedious task absolutely frustrating. Waiting for that "ding" sound at the end of each line where you typed a checksum was enough to make the sanest fellow go mad. It's where I learned my mistakes go up more than exponentially when I get tired.
I remember my first ever 3D graphics was created on the C-64. Compute magazine (or Compute!'s Gazette) created a really cool utility that would draw 3D wireframes on screen and even came with a built in editor to allow you to make them. Extended the Commodore's built in basic language to allow display of the wireframe models. Very bare bones. Tried making a space game with it but frame rate was miserable.
Got mine with a Datasette originally. That huge 5141 drive was something to behold. 780K per disk unless you used a hole punch to write to the other side too (creating your own write un-protect notch).
Looks pretty good so far.
Gotta model yourself a good ole fashioned 1980s vintage tv set to go with that C-64. :)
If you have trouble placing yourself back in the period, just remember that Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was once popular enough for prime time TV back then. |
Post by ed_baker // May 7, 2007, 4:11am
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That is looking great! You should've posted anyway.
I messed with one myself but remember more using a tape drive. There were some games to if I remember.
Typing in the code was the worst!
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Post by parva // May 7, 2007, 4:26am
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Ah der "Brotkasten" :D
So many remembers on it as I saw such a thing the first time I came to the "golden west" ^^
Great chassi Morgan, was it's time advanced - round shapes, no hard edges *g*
Found this on Wiki.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Commodore64.jpg/800px-Commodore64.jpg
Maybe you could boolean the chassi so that the keys don't look just put on. |
Post by Morgan // May 7, 2007, 5:01am
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Got mine with a Datasette originally. That huge 5141 drive was something to behold. 780K per disk unless you used a hole punch to write to the other side too (creating your own write un-protect notch).
I just used scissors, personally.
Gotta model yourself a good ole fashioned 1980s vintage tv set to go with that C-64. :)
Nah. I'll go with an actual Commodore monitor. :D Wasn't what I used at home (I did use an old 80s TV set at home), but the monitors are what they had at school.
That is looking great! You should've posted anyway.
I was going to, but simply didn't log on before the deadline hit. :rolleyes:
Maybe you could boolean the chassi so that the keys don't look just put on.
Yeah, that's one of the things I intend to do on it, as well as add the grooves around the chassis.
Thanks for the support, guys! |
Post by behzad // May 10, 2007, 8:58am
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Oh my God, it was the second computer I had after vic 20
I was so envious of programmers making games, mostly in assembly language, 6502 that my biggest dream was to be like them. I was in my 20's back then, I started programming on my own and eventually sold a few games to Ahoy and other magazines. 64k games where hard to make back then, As you know a floppy disk has 1024k
Now forget about making a game (one person that is) it takes teams of many and talented specialized people to make a game.
How times have changed. ;) |
Post by dyvintvar // May 10, 2007, 10:36am
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Oh my God, it was the second computer I had after vic 20
Me too. I remember move up to 40 characters per line from 23 on the VIC-20. I remember thinking 64K of RAM, who would ever use that much! |
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