Commodore BASIC has some interesting and simple string functions built in. Two of them are self explanatory: LEFT$ and RIGHT$. But the mysterious MID$ function is a little tricker, and I can never remember...
Learn MoreThe Plus/4 has a total of two voices thanks to its integrated TED chip, which is also responsible for rendering text and graphics on screen. The first voice can play square waves, while the second one can...
Learn MoreWe can access each sector’s raw data on Commodore disk drives with direct block access commands. Supported drives include the 1541, 1571, the VICE emulator as well as the SD2IEC card reader (for the...
Learn MoreWith a RAM Expansion Unit (REU), the Commodore 128 could address up to 512k of data. That was huge in the late eighties! All you needed was one of those REUs, plug it into your cartridge port, and so much...
Learn MoreThe CBM DOS can write “relative data” onto disk, based on individual records. The advantage is that all space is allocated once and then randomly accessed if and when it’s needed –...
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