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8 Bit computers: 2022 Edition!

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
Due to COVID19 pandemic, I and my family was forced in our home. So I revamped my 8bit computer book, with a new look and a nice search engine.
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Semplici animazioni con il Commodore16

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
La cosa che ho sempre apprezzato dei computer Commodore era la loro immediatezza. Grazie ai caratteri grafici impressi sui tasti, era possibile scrivere piccoli e gradevoli programmi  con poco sforzo. In questo articolo vi mostro come fare delle piccole animazioni … Continue reading →
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Commodore 16: the misundestood

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
Nel 1984, dopo il successo del C/64, la Commodore lanciò sul mercato il Plus4 ed il Commdore16, due macchine quasi identiche che si differenziavano per il quantitativo di RAM a bordo e per la dotazione del software in ROM. Il … Continue reading →
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C/64 Ads from 80s still have some to say on 2021?….

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
The Commodore 64 is a fascinating machine. It is the single best selling computer model in human history. The fact that the C64 still holds that title in 2021 — close to three decades after being discontinued — is nothing short of … Continue reading →
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Turbo Rascal rulez!

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
Turbo Rascal is a development environment for the Commodore computers but also for others like NES and so on. It is a bit different from other IDE because it is based on a Pascal-like language. It is not easy to … Continue reading →
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Commodore 4194304 is here: Rasperry Pi 400

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Giovanni Giorgi
Rasperry Pi Trading announced the RasperryPi 400, a whoppy 1.8 Ghz x 4Gb RAM (about 4096Mb or 4.194.304 Kb) Rasperry in a plastic keyboard case. We just read a teardown, and only the lack of a good mechanical keyboard leave … Continue reading →
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Commodore Retro Magic Dream: Pyc64 supports I/O on real emulation

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Giovanni Giorgi
I am happy to announce pyc64 now supports save and load programs on top of real emulation. Irmen point me to the right code to look, and I implemented the fix in the weekend; happy hacking!   Commodore-64 simulator in … Continue reading →
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