![]() ![]() If you don’t believe all that could fit in a single book, and that only two-thirds the size of a modern XSLT tome, check out this scan of part of the contents listing: It’s hard to believe these days, but in 611 pages, West wrote down everything there was to know about the C64, from hardware and firmware, via the BASIC dialect, through machine-code programming, graphics, sound, the layout of the ROMs, programming the disk drive, and much, much more. It was a non-negotiable necessity, because the subtitle - The Definitive Guide - was spot on. When Programming the Commodore 64 came out, there was no question of not buying it. Their work would appear in magazines and newsletters, often in the form of programs that you would type in - not games or business applications, but utilities like faster tape drivers, routines to renumber your BASIC programs or disassemblers for machine code. West was a bit of a legend in the Commodore community of way-back-when, along with Jim Butterfield and others whose names I no longer recall. While EoPS is largely timeless, this one has aged dramatically but it was so important to me twenty-something years ago, and embodies an era that I remember with such fondness, that couldn’t resist writing about it. The emulator should instantly launch the software within your browser.Today I want to talk about another vintage book - this one from 1985, eleven years after Kernighan and Pike’s Elements of Programing Style came out. ![]() If you want to load up one of your favorite Commodore 64 programs, all you have to do is look for it within the Internet Archive's library and click on it. As of writing, it's home to around 10,500 programs, but that number will apparently grow in the future. The Internet Archive today launched its own browser-based Commodore 64 emulator. (10,500 as of this writing, but it's growing): /qZiaAR54t2 Here's a collection of currently working and tested for at least booting properly. Internet Archive is in the process of adding in-browser emulation support for Commodore 64. With the Internet Archive's massive, growing library of content in mind - which includes over four million books and 339 billion web pages - it probably won't come as a surprise to hear that the website is looking to revive one of the oldest home computers out there. mil, the Military Industrial PowerPoint Complex." "I've got government video of how to wash your hands or prep for nuclear war," said the website's Wayback Machine director Mark Graham. Indeed, the Internet Archive is bigger today than it's ever been, and the sheer scale of the website may be enough to make your head spin. The Internet Archive contains embarrassing blog posts that have long since been deleted, old versions of redesigned websites ( including TechSpot), full classic books, vintage cigarette ads, and even full, working emulations of many handheld LCD game consoles you may remember from your childhood. The website, though it's probably best known now for its preservation of deleted tweets, could arguably be considered home to the internet itself. If you've been an avid internet user for an extended period of time, you've more than likely used the Internet Archive at least once. In theory, each piece of software (including several classic games) has been tested extensively and should work just as it did years ago. Nostalgia: Want to take a trip down memory lane? The Internet Archive has you covered yet again, as the website today launched its own Commodore 64 emulator, complete with 10,500 programs as of writing. ![]()
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