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They are just as active, if not more so, they just don’t prioritise developing a desktop or GUI‑style OS. The C64 is a far more closed system than the Apple II and, crucially, it doesn’t ship with an 80 column display or extra RAM as standard ( there were carts available that could achieve...

Purchase the complete motherboards for around $100 AUD, they usually have working SID chips. I purchased two from Germany via eBay for around $120 ea that had ram or color ram issues recently because I legitimately wanted two spare motherboards, easy to repair issues like that and both of them...

Saw this video from Adrian's Digital Basement and remembered your specific problem in the Mac. The Apple Lisa typically has this problem... Adjusting the horizontal phase might help you in this case as well.

I think those editions would have looked great with the just the standard non transparent keyboard PCB but I can see why they went with that to show off more of the internals. I hope they fix the problem soon for those who have ordered them but I'm happy with the original cases and I'm glad RF...

Woz regaled the encounter with Commodore at the 25th Anniversary Celebration Of The C64 in 2007. Jobs wanted a few hundred thousand dollars, and also wanted to be in charge of running the Apple program at Commodore. I assume, the money demanded was an upfront investment for stock/parts and...

It’s hard to imagine a long term working relationship between Steve Jobs and Jack. Their philosophies about what a computer should be were completely different. Commodore’s approach was always technology first. Build the hardware, push the silicon as far as possible, and only then decide what...

Here you go. Start watching from the time embedded in the URL by hitting play The VCF videos are also good, there's some more detail

There's is an interview with Chuck Peddle on YouTube ( see if I can dig it up ), maybe it's the VCF east ones... they are long but audio is bad, he discusses the early days of Apple, he was good friends with both of them and helped Woz get the 6502 working in the first Apple prototype. He...

Cut throat is probably an understatement. He was absolutely brutal in Business. Some liked him but he was not always liked, especially in business. I don't think Apple were even close to being sold to Commodore, there were some meetings. Jobs wanted investment so they could build enough...

The POKEY is arguably better in some areas. The SID was more flexible and better for music all around but I liked the powerful bass and early 80s arcade like sound effects in the Atari computer. If I play Dropzone, then it's always on my Atari 800XL because the sound just makes the game that...

I became attached to the Apple II even though I didn't have one. Spent many hours on them during recess and lunch in school and learned programming on them. The c64 was more difficult to program, the basic wasn't good and there was no built in machine code monitor. So I struggled with it having...

Good effort. Just remember that any exposed copper needs lacquer applied to it to prevent from further damage. You can use clear nail polish.

I don't think Computer Chronicles aired in my part of Australia. According to google, it aired in Brisbane on Briz 31 but I never heard of the programme until later on the internet. BTW, I ended up ordering a C64U after seeing a few more reviews and additional features it has VS an original...

You're lucky. They aren't guaranteed to work after sitting around for decades. Any Commodore/MOS manufactured chip ( PLA, MOS 74 series chips and unfortunately the SID chip ) were prone to corroding internally over time due an imbalance between phosphorous and boron used when manufacturing...

Gary Kildall was the guy behind CP/M. Unfortunately, he passed away during the 90s in an accident.