Retro To Modern Gaming

1982, only about 8% of homes had a home computer, but that quickly increased going into the 90s. So when you consider the number of Commodore 64s still being at the top as the most sold model, it's really quite incredible. In it's later years, it was often a computer just for the kids, as when Commodore ceased operations close to 1994, it was the 32-bit era with the release of the Pentium and the PowerPC. With Pentium released in 1993 and the PowerPC becoming widely available in Macs in 1994. Today, people are purchasing a Commodore 64 Ultimate for themselves and another for their kids. Collectors buying all three models. I only got one, BTW. I'm not a collector. Just an 8-bit enthusiest. The great thing about these units, is there's plenty of software for them, tons of documentation, and it's a computer that not only comes with a language, it's it's interface to use the machine as well. Windows has never came with a programming language, MacOS requires registering as a developer to get their programming tools. Linux, however requires it upon installation, because many packages are compiled before installation. But C and it's variants aren't beginner languages. There's script languages such as Perl, but those combine commands from several different languages which can make them confusing. So getting a Commodore 64 Ultimate for a kid to start out is a rather good idea. We have the archived Compute!'s Gazette available online, as well as others such as RUN, which offers a lot of listings to learn from. Compute!'s Gazzette has even been reborn with Commodore starting up, but it's a retro magazine that's not dedicated to just the Commodore line of computers anymore. While Compute! magazine, itself, is still long gone, last issue in 1994. The Gazette went away with it, as it was a branch of the main magazine. Also all the type-in listings are available as completing prograns ready to download. They were back in the day, if you subscribed to the disk included version. Occasionally I would buy those off the rack if I didn't feel like typing in a long program. But, I was subscribed too, so I would occasionally give an issue away at a users-group meeting. Occasionally parents would throw an issue away if I left it laying around. Magazines other than National Geographic had no value to them. But listings in the back of those magazines provided insight they would never understand. And, yes, even today when they have their own computers, they still haven't gotten it.
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