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(Don't!) Stop the press: Our book " #Commodore64 – Past, Present, and Future of a #HomeComputer" is now in print!

18 chapters, 380 pages, full-color!

#C64 #ComputerArchaeology #RetroComputing

Just published as book and #OpenAccess PDF:

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7115-5/computerwohnen/

... with a chapter from me about the question "What is a home computer?".

#MediaArchaeology #ComputerArchaeology #ComputerHistory #MediaStudies

A #BASIC #oneliner from Rajiv Gatha for #AmstradCPC (published in "Amstrad Action", June 1987, p. 24:

10 MODE 0:s=306:WHILE(TEST(s+8,18))=0:TAG:MOVE s,14:PRINT CHR$(239);:MOVE RND(1)*620,399:PRINT CHR$(46);:TAGOFF:LOCATE 1,1:PRINT CHR$(11);CHR$(11);:s=s-((INKEY(71)+1) AND s>=0)*4:s=s+((INKEY(63)+1) AND s<=612)*4:WEND:PRINT"WHOOPS":FOR t=0 TO 1000:NEXT:RUN

Here you can pre-order our book #Commodore64 - Past, Present, and Future of a #HomeComputer

https://txt3.de/c64-preorder

(Sorry, no delivery to the US since tariffs.)

Here you can take a look into the book: https://txt3.de/c64-preview

Just published:

A book chapter about the procedural graphics and sound generation in the early LucasFilm #Games "Rescue on Fracatalus", "The Eidolon", "Koronis Rift" und "Ballblazer":

http://www.simulationsraum.de/blog/2026/04/13/film-games/

#Fractal #LucasArts #GameStudies #RetroGaming

Save the date: On 15.07.26 I will give a talk about determing #BASIC programming styles in #HomeComputer #games of the #1980s at @toroe@fedihum.org's "Retro Computing Lab" (University Würzburg):

Did you know: You can download our Disk Book ".D64: Scientific Explorations of Computer Game History within the Digital Humanities" as a disk image for the #c64 / #Commodore64 for free:

http://txt3.de/d64

#DigitalHumanities #RetroComputing #DiskMags #RetroGames

Yesterday Jeff Shrager, who programmed the first #BASIC #ELIZA in 1973 (published in 1977) postet a small text on his weblog with memories about the implementation cotext back than (at his Junior High School) and how he first learned about ELIZA:

https://sites.google.com/view/elizagen-org/blog/jeff-shragers-recollections-on-his-basic-eliza

#RetroComputing #ChatBot #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

I am very looking forward to tonights "VCC" (Vintage Computing Circle) at the HU #MediaStudies: We will use all their #AnalogComputer machines to transform them into #Analog #Synthesizer|s.

I will give an introductory talk about analog computers, their history, theory, and how to program them.

If you like to attend:

Starting 5pm (open end), Georgenstraße 47, 10117 Berlin, 2nd Floor, Room 2.26 "Signallabor"

#ElectronicMusic #Synth #Hackathon #UnconventionalComputing

More #AI generated #games for the #Atari800

https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/03/ia-impulsa-nuevos-juegos-para-atari.html

#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #VibeCoding