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Anil Dash revisits the joy of programming on the Commodore 64

Original: @ anildash on the fun of # Programming on the # Commodore # C64 . “Getting this program running is standard stuff — you

Technologist Anil Dash is sharing the pleasures of programming on the vintage Commodore 64, quoting how getting a program running was "standard stuff": reading a magazine article describing a game, then typing in a short BASIC loader printed on later pages. People are responding with nostalgia for the hands-on era when home computers demanded typing code by hand from print magazines.

Why now: Nostalgia for 1980s home computing and type-in magazine code resonates with people who grew up with the C64.

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• @ anildash on the fun of # Programming on the # Commodore # C64 . “Getting this program running is standard stuff — you just read the article on page 36 that describes the game, and then flip to pages 106 and 107 where there’s the code for a short BASIC loader, and then… · whitingx@vivaldi.net · 1

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