If the name “Commodore” conjures up images of clicking keyboards, beige boxes, and blinking command lines rather than buttery smooth ballads, this one’s for you. Yes, that mainstay of ’80s home ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1977, Commodore introduced the PET ...

We'd venture that most folks under 40 or so aren't aware that Bill Gates and Paul Allen, former head honchos of Microsoft, actually started their empire as hardcore programmers, and darn good ones at ...

If you’ve ever used a home computer from the late 1970s or early 1980s, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the slow speed of their user interfaces. Even listing the contents of a BASIC program from RAM ...

Microsoft publishes the original 6502 BASIC source code from 1976 for the first time as open source – a milestone in the history of the company and its software Microsoft has officially released the ...

Mr. Tramiel, who was involved in the development of early computers and game consoles, was demonstrating Commodore's PET (Personal Electronic Transactor), which he was involved in developing at a ...

The IEE-488 or GPIB bus for controlling instruments by computer has existed now for many decades. It’s often implemented over USB or Ethernet here in 2023, but the familiar connector can still be ...

It converts them into "character screens" that make them look like a matrix dreamland. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Who knew ...