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by midnightoil
Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:06 pm
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: A guide to hooking my C64 up to modern displays
Replies: 2
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Re: A guide to hooking my C64 up to modern displays

All you need is a tv with the yellow/red/white connections on the back. Using the Commodore video cord I have hooked both my 64 and Plus/4 up to a 16-inch Vizio LED set. Works fine
by midnightoil
Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:02 pm
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: Hello all
Replies: 4
Views: 11330

Re: Hello all

The story continues: Got the Commodore 64 gear for Christmas. Computer booted but only showed 446 bytes of memory for Basic -- bad chips. Went on the auction and found a Plus/4. Yeah, I know it was supposed to be a dud but I like the upgraded disk commands, It arrived and runs great. Then one day I ...
by midnightoil
Fri Dec 06, 2013 6:52 pm
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: Hello all
Replies: 4
Views: 11330

Re: Hello all

A lot of us have simillar stories. Small correction: I had the CBM 8032. The machine I really regret letting go was a B128 which I traded off on a DOS machine. There wasn't much software for it but it would be a nice collectible. Like you my Commodore experience helped me job-wise. Wherever I worked ...
by midnightoil
Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:15 pm
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: Hello all
Replies: 4
Views: 11330

Hello all

Back in the very early 1980s, as a late 30s-something newspaper reporter, I did a story on three high school students who were dabbling in the early stages of the home computer revolution. One theme in the story was that the kids felt you had to be young to do what they were doing -- that "old ...