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| Hardware |
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The computers, tape and
disk drives, printers and other equipment
in my collection. |
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| Software |
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My collection of commercial
software on cassette, cartridge and disk.
Plus some programs to download. |
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| Paperwork |
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Books, instruction manuals
and leaflets with other paper items. |
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| PC
News |
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The complete set of Personal
Computer News showing covers and lists of
contents. |
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| Magazines |
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More magazines for Commodore
users and and general computer interest. |
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| Links |
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Links to Commodore related
sites, emulators and other useful places. |
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| My
Programs |
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| Examples of my
own programming - some useful, some
just for the fun of it. |
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| Some of these are
available to download from the Downloads
page in the Software section. |
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| The Commodore Years. |
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| In 1982, after months of visiting
shops selling computers, I bought my first VIC-20.
I quickly realised that its limited memory and small
screen would not do what I wanted and bought a Commodore
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| This was the start of a hobby
that would span fifteen years and make the computer
part of my daily life. During this time I learned
to write my own software and to adapt other people's
to my needs. |
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| Over the years I have collected
a range of 8-bit Commodore computers and peripherals
to go with them. Had I joined the computer revolution
earlier, I would have bought a PET. I now have four. |
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| My collection includes PETs,
the VIC-20, the first colour home computer, the
64 in both of its forms, the SX-64, claimed to be
the world's first portable colour computer, 128s
and the ill-fated C16 and Plus/4. |
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| This is by no means a definitive
collection, but it provides a view of those early
days of the computer revolution. Nor does it include
the Amiga as I went straight from the 8-bit Commodores
to a PC. |
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| But the 1980s was the time
when men in white lab coats were replaced by people
working in their own homes. The mysterious world
of computing was a mystery no more. These really
were 'computers for the masses'. |
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