Commodore 64 turns 30

[wraggster]

"The Commodore 64 came out 30 years ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19055707) and to celebrate this the BBC went and got two groups of kids to try out an old system, complete with tape drive. Sure to bring a few grins to people who had one of theses old systems. From the article: 'The Commodore's ability to display 16 colours, smoothly scroll graphics and play back music through its superior SID (sound interface device) chip - even while loading programs off tape - helped win over fans, but it did not become the market leader until the late 1980s.'"Last spring a modern version of the C64 (http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/06/1924207/the-new-commodore-64) was released.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/01/223239/commodore-64-turns-30