A few days ago Jack Tramiel past away. For most people it’s the his product the Commodore 64 that has them teary eyed in rememberance. For me however it is the Atari ST. When it came out the 520ST not only competed with the Mac it bested it on many fronts and it cost much less. I remember the first time seeing the Atari monochrome screen. People rave about the clearness of the new iPad 3′s screen and like today’s raves for the iPad that Atari screen was something to behold. It was so sharp and clear for the time. In addition the ST had something no other main computer system had: MIDI ports. I used DR T.’s KCS (Keyboard Controlled Sequencer) and later Cubase on a 1040ST. By the way theses were also in my own opinion beautifuly designed machines. Just look at that image above. Like my Apple products today I really loved that machine. It tempted me to create. I did also own an Amiga and loved it as well.
“In 1953, while working as a taxi driver, Tramiel bought a shop in the Bronx to repair office machinery, securing a $25,000 loan for the business from a U.S. Army entitlement. He named it Commodore Portable Typewriter.” – Wikipedia
For more info: wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel
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My friend Noah Benzing sent me the first video above of Dan Laskowski and his 1980s Commodore 64 audio software FastFingers. I think Dan himself is the interesting part of this video.
“How did I get into the future?” – Dan Laskowski
photo credit: Matrixsynth
This entry was written by , posted on January 24, 2012 at 2:36 pm, filed under Uncategorized and tagged Commodore 64, Dan Laskowski, FastFingers, Intellevision. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
C64 with MSSIAH Cartridge from Malte Horstmann on Vimeo.
Old cloning old. A modified Commodore 64 running a Roland TB-303 emulation. To top off the rediculous some TB-303 Pro Ked sneakers.
“I modded this Commodore C64 by putting a MSSIAH Cartridge, 6 pots and 2 switches in it. 4 pots are for the MSSIAH Software, 1 for Volume and 1 for a Feedback Loop I built in it.” – Malte Horstmann
For more info: 8bitventures.com/mssiah and zazzle.com/303keds
This entry was written by , posted on March 16, 2011 at 2:56 am, filed under hardware and tagged Commodore 64, hack, Keds, Mssiah, Roland TB-303. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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