When I was 11 my Dad convinced me that if I wanted a computer I had to first take a computer course on TV. I agreed and learned about the ins and outs of ones and zeros, bits, bytes, ROM, and RAM. So that Christmas I got my first computer: a shiny new Commodore 64 with a 1541 drive and 1702 model color video display. One of my favorite things to do was challenge myself to draw pixel-by-pixel with the cursor keys and create my latest digital masterpiece. One I fondly remember is the Amsel Raiders poster that I copied to the best of my 11-year-old artistic talents. I also enjoyed designing my own games with Garry Kitchen’s Game Maker from Activision when I wasn’t playing Zork I or Bard’s Tale.
Little did anyone know how popular this computer would become. Due to its spectacular graphics and sound, in-house production and the creation of the 10,000+ games and other programs written for the C64, it flourished. It is now listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time category. It outsold Apple, Atari, and IBM PCs for years. According to Wikipedia: “It has been compared to the Ford Model T automobile for its role in bringing a new technology to middle-class households via creative mass-production.” For Commodore 64 emulation visit Power64. I keep Snow Leopard around just so I can run it on my mid-2010 27-inch iMac.
“[The Commodore 64] has been compared to the Ford Model T automobile for its role in bringing a new technology to middle-class households via creative mass-production.”
— Wikipedia