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That was a great machine!
My second computer after the VIC20. What a revolution. We even used it in our band with an external midi interface connected to a Korg Poly 800 and Yamaha DX7.
I wish I still had the stuff...!
 
What was the air combat game, which was projected in vertical dimension, and where you could (attempt to) land on carriers?
 
Guess I'm a bit younger than you guys... I grew up with this:

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Then I got into FS95 once we got a "decent" computer. :monkies:
 
My favorite game on the Commodore was Pirates. I wore out about 4 of the floppy discs.
 
Nope, replacement discs from Microprose at about $10 a pop. When they went out of business and I couldn't get a replacement, I put the ol' Commodore up.
 
Willy said:
Nope, replacement discs from Microprose at about $10 a pop. When they went out of business and I couldn't get a replacement, I put the ol' Commodore up.
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*Hit Willy on head* "Well thats stupid! You could could have saved that money!" *Shakes Willy hand* "Your a honest man Willy. I don't know if I would have done the same."
 
I flew Microprose Flight Simulator on my Commodore, and was introduced to my first GUI operating system - GEOS. We talk about 64-bit operating systems now; but GEOS was pretty amazing for what it could as an 8-bit operating system

Even after I bought a 286, I had the two networked in my apartment so they could share files and a printer. I finally dumped it when Windows 95 and Y2K came along; by that time, Windows was finally stable, and the Commodore was hopelessly obsolete.

I have a Commodore 64 emulator on my computer, just for old times sake. My favorite games were Zaxxon (not sure if that was the 3-D flying game you were trying to think of), Battlezone, Zepplin Rescue, The Train, a power plant and a space shuttle sumulator. And, I thought I was a budding artist with the Kolapad.



-James
 
Ah, I loved my old C64. Spent many an hour with Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, Gunship and Silent Service 2.....
 
The C64 was my first computer. Played Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, F-15 Strike Eagle, F-16 Combat Pilot, and Elite. Moved on to the Amiga 500, then the Amiga 2000, then to Intel and AMD computers.
 
Ah yes, Geos! That was why I was running 3 floppy drives, 2 1541s and a 1571. Always wanted a 1581, but never could find one.
 
Nice looking old Radio Shack TRS-80 there. Is it the infamous "PRB's keyboard"? :d

Is that the Arizona or Pennsylvannia on the shelf back there?
 
Willy said:
Nice looking old Radio Shack TRS-80 there. Is it the infamous "PRB's keyboard"? :d

Is that the Arizona or Pennsylvannia on the shelf back there?
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Rgr on the keyboard! One of them anyway! :icon_lol: That's Arizona, the old Revell kit I put together some years ago.
 
SX-64

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I got in some tax trouble, and by printing out a spreadsheet, I totally baffled the auditors. They accepted my figures because they were a computer printout. (Don't try this in 2011). They let me go with a small fine. This Commodore paid for itself and with enough savings left over to justify an Amiga 500. :)

Ahh... the good old days.

Dick
 
jhefner said:
I flew Microprose Flight Simulator on my Commodore,


-James
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James I thought that Flight Simulator on the 64/Amiga was Sublogic by Bruce Artwick. They got gobbled up by Microsoft.

I also had Flight Simulator II and a programme called Apollo18.

Cheers
Pat
 
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