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Using ChatGPT to write programs for the Commodore 64

Retro Hack Shack sees what happens when you ask ChatGPT to write programs for the Commodore 64? Let’s try it! Thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring this video. https://pcbway.com

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BUILDING THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% NEW COMMODORE 64!

Retro Recipes takes new components and rebuilds the world’s first new C-64 since 1994. The Commodore 64 was discontinued in 1994 and since then it’s been impossible to find a 100% new “real” (non-emulation) replacement. Thanks to the sponsorship of http://PCBWay.com – great PCBs from $5! – let’s try to build the world’s first brand […]

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Using a Commodore 64 on the modern internet!

The Commodore 64 launched a love of computers in an entire generation, but can it surf the web? Well, kind of. In today’s video, I go over two ways to get the venerable Commodore 64 online. The C64 is one of my favorite retro machines, and I hope you enjoy this trip down (a slightly […]

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An Interviw with Commodore 64 Chip Designer Albert Charpentier

The Commodore 64 (and VIC20) launched a lot of people into technology careers. Dave from Dave’s Garage interviews Albert Charpentier, the primary designer of the VIC and VIC-II chips as used in the Vic 20 and Commodore 64, visits Dave’s Garage and discusses the chips and how they came to be.

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Space

Using a Commodore 64 to Talk to the International Space Station

Retro Recipes wires up a Commodore 64, a ham radio, and a modem to reach out to the stars. (or at least near Earth orbit).

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Hardware

How Old School Floppy Drives Worked

Today’s kids will never understand the struggle of Floppy disks or the “tell” of a non-computer user when they called a 3.5” disk a “hard drive.”

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