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  • Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate

    From Dr. What@1:123/4040 to Daniel on Sun Mar 8 08:16:52 2026
    Daniel wrote to All <=-

    Good news. Tell us how you get along. I considered getting a c64 from perifractic but I can't get over the funky keyboard layout of the commodores. I have a mini and can't really find a good for it. And I'm
    not nostalgic for the games.

    I have to say that the C64U keyboard is much better than a real C64 keyboard.

    If you aren't in to Commodore, you won't have much use for a C64U.
    But then, the C64U was made for the Commodore fan base (which seems to be very large still).

    I hope you find a treasure in that pile of floppies.

    There's always treasure in a pile of floppies. It just depends on the person.

    I picked up a bunch of floppies cheap on eBay and went through them. Some I archived. Many were unreadable and unformattable. But there were a few that were "Oh wow! I remember buying this same disk back in 198x!"

    Memory Lane is always a pleasure to take a stroll down.


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  • From Dr. What@1:342/201 to Mortar M. on Fri Mar 13 04:19:34 2026
    Mortar M. wrote to Kalevi Kolttonen <=-

    You've never used Algol.

    Algol begat Pascal. Pascal is the mother language for pretty much every modern programming language today.


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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Dr. What on Sat Mar 14 10:22:06 2026
    Re: Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate
    By: Dr. What to Mortar M. on Fri Mar 13 2026 04:19:34

    Algol begat Pascal. Pascal is the mother language for pretty much every modern programming language today.

    My bad. I ment APL. Keep getting those confused.
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  • From Captain Nemo@3:633/10 to All on Sun Mar 15 22:30:01 2026
    On 3/15/26 4:00 AM, Mortar M. wrote:
    My bad. I ment APL. Keep getting those confused.

    Ah, yes, APL. Like a British double-decker bus it processes rows and
    columns of stuff and gets them all their destinations. But it only
    drives in reverse but is instrumented in Greek.


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