{"id":118,"date":"2007-12-07T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/heartofthemachine\/2007\/12\/07\/so-simple-its-basic\/"},"modified":"2007-12-07T16:35:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-07T16:35:11","slug":"so-simple-its-basic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/heartofthemachine\/2007\/12\/07\/so-simple-its-basic\/","title":{"rendered":"So simple it’s BASIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN had an article today on the Commodore 64<\/a> that really got the nostalgia juices flowing. My first computer was a VIC20 soon replaced by the SX64; the C64’s ‘portable’ brother. I did all sorts of things on that machine, school work, record keeping for RPG campaigns, some programming, cruised the BBS scene and of course played games<\/a>. I remember playing Bard’s Tale on my old machine and thinking it was the coolest game ever made by humans.<\/p>\n

That computer traveled with me as well and saw several interesting parts of the country in the back of one car or another. Finally I moved on to my first 8088 and life changed. The machine sat in closets in various apartments and then I sold my SX to a collector 11 years ago. I’ve always regretted selling it.<\/p>\n

So here’s to you lil’ buddy, where ever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CNN had an article today on the Commodore 64 that really got the nostalgia juices flowing. My first computer was a VIC20 soon replaced by the SX64; the C64’s ‘portable’ brother. I did all sorts of things on that machine, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n